Fox Jensen & Fox Jensen McCrory
Koen Delaere
Netherlands
Koen Delaere Lives and works in Tilburg, Netherlands. He attended the Akademie voor Beeldende Vorming, in Tilburg (NL) studying painting and philosophy, graduating cum laude.
Working on the floor, Delaere bulldozes paint, binder, ink et al, mostly along a vertical axis that leaves outrageous accumulations of material moraine at the terminations of the movement and indeed along the central seam. In the wake of these axial movements are wondrous tracks and strata that reveal sweeps of colour and energy. The deeper geology of the paintings are exposed through repeated excavations and what is unearthed by this persistent quarrying are rich seams of colour and form, of new structure and dynamism.
These are paintings that are fulsome and immoderate. At times they can seem borderline bombastic, but thank goodness, because each painting demonstrates Delaere’s preparedness to lose it all in pursuit of the form and wild chromatic adventure that these singular paintings can evoke.