Also on January First Friday, at Tube Factory Artspace, the exhibition Sorry, No Pictures, organized by Aurora PhotoCenter. Sorry, No Pictures is many things: It’s 20 years of photography-based work; a treatise on the nature of art-making; a memoir; a skillful meshing of visual and text-based pieces; and an inspirational narrative of perseverance as a maker. Sorry, No Pictures explores the artist’s relationship with the medium, and specifically with its ever-evolving technology, over time. The complexity and sophistication of her work mirrors Gould, who as a visual artist, educator, writer, lecturer, and mother has lived many lives all at once. Sorry, No Pictures offers a beautiful, oftentimes laugh-out-loud funny, and ultimately hopeful narrative that art-making, by its nature, involves failure, change, and transcendence. Published in book format in 2021, the exhibition Sorry, No Pictures brings the impact of scale, presence, and additional contextualization to enhance the viewer’s experience of the artist’s work as a whole.

On view at Tube Factory Artspace until January 15.

Sorry, No Pictures by Meggan Gould