WELCOME TO CHARLES PACHTER'S WEB SITE
Often described as Canada's wittiest contemporary artist, Charles Pachter has created an indelible impact upon the public. His quirky visions are a feast for the eyes and the intellect. With continuing grand gestures, he has staked out cultural territory of his own and celebrated it unabashedly. He is a serious minded humorist who possesses the gift to be roguish and poignant at once.
"THE ARTIST WHO CREATED CANADA’S MODERN MYTHOLOGY: Renowned for his iconic renderings of the Canadian flag, the Queen astride a moose and cultural icons from Margaret Atwood to Pierre Trudeau, painter and printmaker Charles Pachter has himself become an icon of this country's art scene. Over his 40-year career, his boldly graphic works and uncloying patriotism have presented a cheeky yet defining vision of Canada and its culture unlike any other."
Betty Ann Jordan, Dec 2006
PACHTER HALL and MOOSE FACTORY are open by appointment.
Call 416 260 1600 or email: pachter@sympatico.ca
CHARLES PACHTER'S CANADA•Royal Ontario Museum
"The Queen" pets a moose at Pachter's Art Book launch, October 1992
A royal visitor admires "Mooseconstrue", Pachter's 10ft corten steel sculpture on the downtown campus of the University of Toronto
Queen of Canada, acrylic & pencil on canvas, 1972
Charles presents a memento to Canada's
governor-general, Her Excellency Michaelle Jean.
CONCLUSION, acrylic & pastel on canvas, 2007
Charles' fashion statement: moose socks &
artist's shoes now in Bata Shoe Museum
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Charlie's Angels
PACHTER HALL & MOOSE FACTORY
Over the past four decades Charles has renovated 24 buildings in downtown Toronto. In 1996 he purchased the ultimate dump, an abandoned warehouse in Chinatown, a block from the Art Gallery of Ontario. The garage at the front was removed, creating a long parking lot leading up to the rear building which Pachter named Moose Factory, transforming it into galleries and a painting studio. After seven years of shows and events, he decided to create a new live-work structure in front that would completely redefine the property.
Pachter hired award winning Canadian architect Stephen Teeple who came up with a daring design consisting of three levels of zinc-clad stacked steel and glass boxes that cantilever dramatically out to the street.
Pachter and project architect Bernard Jin carefully tweaked the new space as it took shape. The result is a 5-level structure containing a studio and archives with a courtyard, pond, fountain and enclosed glass linkway to the existing Moose Factory; a first floor gallery and performance space; and a top floor residential loft accessed by a glass enclosed elevator. The total area of 6200 square feet covers the entire 160 foot lot, creating a spacious live-work facility under one roof, and one of Toronto's most interesting private contemporary museums.
PACHTER HALL has received 3 awards:
DESIGN EXCHANGE Award of Excellence 2006
ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS Award of Excellence 2007
MICHAEL & WANDA PLACHTA Award of Merit 2007
