Driss Ouadahi Algerian and German, b. 1959
In Face, 2023
oil on canvas
78 3/4 x 66 7/8 in
200 x 170 cm
200 x 170 cm
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Before immigrating to Europe and studying at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Ouadahi studied architecture. His paintings of the ubiquitous high-rise, the legacy of Modern Architecture’s failed promise to improve the...
Before immigrating to Europe and studying at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Ouadahi studied architecture. His paintings of the ubiquitous high-rise, the legacy of Modern Architecture’s failed promise to improve the human condition, are renderings of impenetrable boundaries of steel, glass, and concrete.
Grid structures organize our physical lives. Though no people appear in these images, viewers immediately relate to them through their own physicality. The vacant façade and empty balconies allude to unknown mysteries inside.
Grid structures organize our physical lives. Though no people appear in these images, viewers immediately relate to them through their own physicality. The vacant façade and empty balconies allude to unknown mysteries inside.