Reception and Artist Talk: The Psychological Ledger

Sage Art Center — Rochester, NY

📅Tue, Sep 15, 2026 · 🕐3:00PM – 6:00PM

ASIS gallery is pleased to present The Psychological Ledger: an exhibition of work by visiting artist, Anne Muntges, and UR faculty, Mizin Shin. Anne Muntges will talk about her work on 9/15, at 3pm, in Sage Art Center (sculpture space). A reception is to follow from 4-6pm in the gallery. This event is open to all students, faculty, staff, and the greater Rochester community. Describing their work, the artists say, Anne Muntges: Through drawing, sculpture, and site-specific installation, I map the hidden infrastructures of the environments we inhabit, balancing my gaze between the collective systems of the city and the intimate, domestic taxonomies of personal survival. My practice examines the constant friction between our desire for individual privacy and our total reliance on the structures, spaces, and strangers around us. Using technical pens and other drawing tools, I translate these transient moments into life-sized environments, turning flat drawings into walkable architectural ruins that embody the tactile weight and immateriality of shared time. This slow, obsessive drafting process functions as a continuous, systematic archive. My work stems from navigating a massive, overwhelming emotional and environmental weight; for me, the only way to survive it is to build a beautiful, meticulous cage around it with thousands of tiny ink lines. Whether I am documenting the overlooked systems of public maintenance or sorting through the fractured pieces of my own everyday coping mechanisms, I treat the page as a psychological ledger. This fiercely disciplined method gives a profound sense of permanence to the fleeting markers of our surroundings, proving that tracking the invisible upkeep of a city is deeply tied to the daily preservation required to keep a human life in motion. This investigation moves fluidly between the microscopic and the monumental, living in hand-held ephemera and scaling up to rigid wooden frameworks layered with heavy, wallpapered paper. By …