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.
Galleries: The Paint Strokes Between Realism and Abstraction
Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 2007