October 12, 2022

For Immediate Release: October 12, 2022
Transformer Station opens a world-premiere solo show of photography by Gregory Halpern on November 4, 2022.
Gregory Halpern: 19 Winters / 7 Springs

Transformer Station, Cleveland
November 4, 2022 – February 5, 2023

Gregory Halpern, Untitled, 2022, from 19 Winters / 7 Springs. © Gregory Halpern

Cleveland, OH – Transformer Station presents 19 Winters / 7 Springs a solo exhibition by Gregory Halpern. Halpern, a native of Buffalo, New York, and resident of Rochester, has photographed his home county over the past twenty years, in between numerous other books and projects. This mid-career survey is the largest museum show for the photographer to date. An ode to the social landscape of this corner of post-industrial America, the work expands upon Halpern’s distinctive documentary style rooted in both the real and the sublime. 

The exhibition will present a range of 50 color prints, in varying sizes, along with a series of new free-standing sculptures drawn from the Buffalo landscape. 

Halpern tells his stories in both monumental prints and in suites of smaller images, much like musical or poetic phrasing. In this vein, he belongs to — a new post-documentary style pioneered in recent decades by Paul Graham (UK) and Wolfgang Tillmans (Germany), among others.

Halpern has published seven monographs, is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and his photographs are in major public and private collections. He holds a BA in History and Literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. He is an Associate Member of Magnum Photos and he lives in Rochester with his wife Ahndraya Parlato and their two daughters. He teaches photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology. 

Visiting Hours:
Wednesday – Sunday:
11am – 5pm

Founded in 2013, Transformer Station is a free, privately owned, contemporary art museum located on the west side of Cleveland that presents the work of nationally and internationally recognized artists. It inspires audiences through cutting-edge exhibitions and programming. Exhibitions have included works by Todd Hido, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Christian Patterson, Jess Dugan, Richard Renaldi, Zaneli Muholi, and other leading artists working in photography today. 

Location
Transformer Station
1460 W 29th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113

For more information visit transformerstation.org.
Press inquiries: Fred Bidwell, fred.bidwell@transformerstation.org
Images for publication
Captions for all images: Gregory Halpern, Untitled 2004–2022 ©Gregory Halpern