Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to present Koen Delaere’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery, Vaya. In each of his twelve works for the show, the Belgian artist has created juxtapositions of texture and color that can be both meditative and vigorous, smoothly melodic and turbulently staccato. Delaere’s process, which was born out of the artist’s accidents and experiments, starts by modeling acrylic into a ribbed texture on the canvas. He then applies his materials – oil paint, acrylic, enamel and gouache – to the surface by striking the top section of the canvas with a brush. The rest is …