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
![Driss Ouadahi, "Untitled [j]," 2007, watercolor on paper, 9 5/16 x 13 5/16 inches](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_500,h_500,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/ws-hosfeltgallery2/usr/images/press/main_image/items/76/761fa6cf6af544b88bfb7d393ee02185/edaf040151ce95d376d2a49496285fff82784c4d.jpg)