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Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Inc. 29 W 57 NYC 10019 Tel. 421-3780 Raphael Mahdavi New Paintings: March 8-27 1975 Reprint Baseler Zeitung December 21, 1974 "Mahdavi's art is unusual. Photographs of inanimate objects, propellers, scissors, planes and signs are delicately drawn in pastels and then painted into life over backrounds of mountains, or infinitely reaching plateaus or vast expanses of water and sky. The paintings draw upon an elemental human energy. They possess a harmony, and tranquility of almost universal appeal. Has Mahdavi accomplished what has never yet been achieved? Do the paintings he simply calls Landscapes suggest a deeper meaning; the suggestion of visual matter drawn into a cultural cul de sac. Perhaps the art loving public sensed this particular quality which for want of a better word I'll call cosmic, and it moved them to empty the booths of Mahdavi's paintings at this years art fair." One Man Exhibitions 1970-Paris. Galerie Zunini 1972-Chicago. Richard Feigen Gallery 1973-Teharan. Iran-America Society 1973-Torino. Galleria Documenta 1973-Busto Arsizio, Milano. Galleria Bambaia 1973-New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery 1974-Loerrach, West Germany. Galerie im Riesgaessli 1975-New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery 1975-Madrid. Galeria Juana Mordo(December) Group Exhibitions 1970-Paris. Salon de la Jeune Peinture 1971-Paris. "Grands et Jeunes d'Aujourd'hui" 1973-New York. "New Talent" Tibor de Nagy Gallery 1974-Los Angeles. Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery 1975-Hanover. Brusberg Gallery Selected Bibliography Badische Zeitung, (December 20,1074) Carluccio, Luigi, Panorama Magazine,(June 14,1973) Haydon, Harold, Chicago Sun Times,(June 8, 1972) Mellow, James, The New York Times,(May 26, 1973) President: Tibor de Nagy Director: Stewart Waltzer