In Many Faces, 1996, Gachot has arranged a group of heads comprised of coffee cans with inscriptions of yesterday’s virtues: truth, honor, bravery. This piece, like many of his others, began with a practical function as a combination bird and squirrel feeder. Its design was based on the premise that if the squirrels were satis ed with the food offered below, they would leave alone the bird seed above. Its totem-like arrangement and wheel spokes visible at several different angles add rhythm to the whole. Pipes are the chief connective element. The theme of circular forms in motion suggests a windmill. In heavy rain, or through the action of a sprinkler, the heads ll and empty water as they spin around. Again, eventually Gachot soon abandoned the practical aspect: the squirrels could get in, but not easily out.

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— Franklin Hill Perrell, from "Richard Gachot: An American Original"