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Neurotika -Balance.

623189597_eea9b1aa66_zI do not separate art from life.   Art is not a desperate act of madness or of isolation.  The artist is someone who is able to combine their craft with a positive state of mind.  Vincent Van Goh was a success in his inspiration -but in living itself -he was a failure.

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Stand-up for Mental Health Comedy – Friday April 20th 7pm

SMHCPlogo_EBack by popular demand is the Stand up for Mental Health (SMH) Comedy series. Come down for some laughs one Friday per month at Gallery Gachet.  The evening is hosted by the award winning mental health advocate and counsellor David Granier, who is also founder of Stand-up for Mental Health. The next comedy night is Friday [...]

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Neurotika – Fusion.

GMDH02_00102‘It has never been my inclination to separate art from politics.’  -Pablo Neruda.  I believe that there are no contradictions in life.  We live on the floating islands of perception -we assume that our opinion is a weapon -to reconcile is heresy.  But in the ideal of Fusion -all things become one. 

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Neurotika – I’ Labyrinth.

Bruce RayIn the beginning I was born in a midst of a river-stream.  In this progression of events I was brought forth -from the past to the future.  But in reality -there is no time.  The past and future are both illusions -made up by the conscious mind.   We assume we are involved in a series [...]

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Dylan Wolney’s Exhibition at Gam Gallery

skeleton-detailsmallGachet’s Associate Collective Member Dylan Wolney’s event, Remember You’re Going to Die, is being presented at the Gam Gallery.

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Neurotika -On Strangeness.

5340808741_23a8658ce7_oI believe that art is an expression of the strangeness of life. In literature, art and music -we express the marvellous nature of existence. It is sometimes said by critics that realism is the ultimate expression of man -that fantasy is at it’s best a distraction -and an escape from the ordinary.

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Neurotika -Biting the Devil.

brainIn every life -we come to a moment of crisis. This is the time -when we must either grow or die. Sometimes it’s a matter of karma or decision. We are bogged down or stranded on a hill. We are then known to have a mental illness -in all the scientific terms. It is said [...]

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Gallery Gachet Fundraising Art Auction

Enda Bardell, "SPART"Our Art Auction and Sale will be up at the Gallery until January 15th, 2012! Please note we are closed from December 24th, 2011 until January 3rd, 2012. We reopen on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012. Gallery Gachet will offer for sale an exclusive selection of artworks generously donated by emerging and established artists from the [...]

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Neurotika: The Tyrannny of Equality

The Hag DreamThey who cut off heads and shorten tongues -say ‘All is Equal.’ In this way we fulfill the function of society -to have a level clearing field. But even so a certain tyranny is affected. This is the movement of the grinding wheel -and is often a process of making things smaller. Anyone who aspires [...]

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We are having a fundraiser!

Enda Bardell, "SPART"On December 9, 2011, from 8.30 – 10.30pm, Gallery Gachet will offer for sale an exclusive selection of artworks generously donated by emerging and established artists from the Lower Mainland and beyond to support the gallery in its effort to raise much needed funds for its programming. Artworks from Rosemary Burden, Enda Bardell, Vasan Sitthiket, [...]

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