Galleries: The Paint Strokes Between Realism and Abstraction

Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 2007

Düsseldorf painter Driss Ouadahi has plainly thought about these matters, to judge by his recent work at Hosfelt. No one will call Ouadahi a realist, but his paintings successfully evoke real states of affairs without illustration. They also sustain a high degree of abstraction.