Key logo Key Gallery, 1991-1993
   

The Art of Hitler

New York photographer and curator Steven Kasher gathered artifacts, photographs and books that examine the relationship of the Nazi Government and Adolf Hitler to art, design, and photography. Exhibition later traveled to the Contemporary Art Institute.    

The Tinklers
10/9-11/15, 1992

Charles Brohawn and Chris Mason, aka The Tinklers are known for their music (NPR radio) and their paintings and sculptures which explore the disjunctions in man's relationship to nature.    
The Homeless Vote:
Craig Pleasants
9/1-24, 1992
Virginia-based installation artist Craig Pleasants covers the windows of the gallery with wallpaper representing the 100,000 faces of homeless Virginians in an examination of the Virginia law that permits barring homeless people from registering to vote.    
Artists Who Teach
8/20-27, 1992
Key hosts an exhibition curated by the Arts Council of Richmond.    
Contrary to the Ordinary:
Furniture Design

6/20-7/21, 1992
Innovative furniture design for the '90s, curated by Craig Biddle. Artists included David Hess, Tracy Sigler, James DeMuth, Sara McCollum, and Charles Yeager.    
Picto-Fiction '92: Charles Burns & Gary Panter
5/1-6/14, 1992
Original art from their celebrated graphic novels Jimbo and Big Baby, plus paintings and prints by Gary Panter and Charles Burns. Coincides with the publication of Gates of Heck's book FACETASM.    
The Caryl Burtner Collections
3/13-4/30, 1992
Caryl Burtner collects the minutiae of daily life – her work represents a lifetime commitment to documenting her everyday existence, from toothbrushes to lipstick blots. Curated by Cindy Neuschwander.    
New Work, NY:
Ralph Fleming and Tony Cokes

1/24-3/28, 1992
Richmond-to-New York emigres Fleming and Cokes both work in a decollage/montage style. Ralph Fleming's painterly framed wall pieces are made from scraps torn from bilboards. Tony Cokes' video installation for the gallery windows combines found footage and text about the LA riots of the 1970s. Tony Cokes' work was chosen for the 2002 Whitney Biennial.    
Toys are U. S.
12/6, 1991-1/9,1992
Over 35 artists from around the world created limited-edition toys and games for Key. Includes works by GWAR, Mark Dion, ArtFux, Joan Rabascall and many more. Existence Research Projects created a giant interactive Rube Goldberg device in a the basement art space.    
A-Fresh-Air-Cure:
Baltimore Glass Man
10/25-12/1, 1991
Baltimore outsider Paul The Glass Man applies colored glass and paint to found wood and scraps, with words inspired by musical lyrics and his unique patriotic world view.    
Vital Signs
9/20-10/12, 1991
Leslie Brothers and Cathy Emerson curated this invitational exhibition of 35 Virginia artists who created works exploring the issue of AIDS. A benefit for Richmond for Life.    
Nine is a Four-Letter Word
7/19-8/10, 1991
Five artists and artist/collaborators were invited to Richmond to create letterpress posters at one of the East Coast's last large-scvale letterp[ress poster companies. Curated by Davi Det Hompson, the limited edition poster set and exhibition included works by AQUI (Hompson and Cliff Baldwin), Ann Fessler, Kay Rosen, Carolee Schneemanna and The Tinklers . This exhibition has toured to Bucholz&Bucholz in Cologne Germany, The Philadelphia Print Club, The Peninsula Fine Arts Center, and Cormell University. The protfolio is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, NYC and Cornell University.    
Residence on Earth:
Lorianne Ellison

6/14-7/13,1991
Lorianne Ellison's paintings on glass, wood, and found objects conjure dreams and poetic imagery.    
Denise Burge/Andrew Harper
4/26-6/1, 1991
Denise Burge creates multi-panel canvasses with brooding, dark landscapes. Andrew Harper's large floor works made of raw lumber evoke the land and architecture of ancient Greece.    
COUNTERMEDIA
3/8-4/21, 1991
Featuring artists such as Hans Haacke, Edgar Heap of Birds, Paper Tiger Television, David Hammons and Mark Dion, Countermedia explored the role the media plays in our perception of the world. Curated by Katharine Gates.