New contemporary art gallery featured in Châteauguay car rental business

For a little over a week, international artist Detlef Gotzens has transformed the small space used as a waiting room into a colourful art gallery.

A car rental dealership in the South Shore town of Châteauguay is the newest location for a contemporary art gallery featuring a well-known international artist.

Dazzling, eye-catching oil paintings and thought-provoking sculptures now hang in the Enterprise Rent-A-Car store off St-Jean boulevard.

For a little over a week, international artist Detlef Gotzens has transformed the small space used as a waiting room into a colourful art gallery.

“You would not bring these two things together. In most people’s minds they are quite alien,” Gotzens said.

“We didn’t know this was going to work but we realized, in my art, I juxtapose many odd things. In many ways, metaphorically speaking, this is the same thing.”

The idea for sharing the business space came out of necessity and an opening to fill a void in the Enterprise building, Julius Zavodni, owner of Enterprise Châteauguay, said.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to share the space with as many people as possible,” Zavodni said.

The space was originally planned for another type of business but because of the COVID-19 crisis, the venture never materialized