Leo Kuelbs Collection
St. Paul Open House X Art
745 Grand Ave #303
(search Kuelbs on the keypad)
St Paul, MN 55105
Saturday, March 16th 5.30-8.30 pm (drinks and snacks)
Sunday, March 17th 1.30-5.30 pm (cakes and coffee)
Leo Kuelbs and Julia Obst-Kuelbs invite you to an open house at our cozy St. Paul spot. We will meet over drinks, cakes and coffee and check out selected works from the Leo Kuelbs Collection, along with pieces for sale by featured artists Michael Markos, Tom Blanck and KK Rogers. Other artists on display include Dean Lucker, Dewey Albinson, Frank Gaard, OLEK, Tamara Brantmeir, Robin Rice, Tahian Bhering, Nikolay Koshelev, Kirk Johnson and more.
The Leo Kuelbs Collection consists of over 100 video + sound art projects, mostly organized in curated groups (Digital Fairy Tales) conceptualized by Mr. Kuelbs. Besides the video works, the collection includes many prints, photos and paintings housed at residential sites in Berlin and Brooklyn, as well as St. Paul. Having begun collecting at age 20, The Leo Kuelbs Collection consists mostly of works by friends and colleagues, with highlights coming from his sister, Katherine K. Rogers, an early inspiration and the first collected work, as well as OLEK, Frank Gaard, Lisa Mackie, Miss Van, Jo Broughton,
Drew Simpson, Tomas Eller, David Medella, Warren MacKenzie, Stu Spence, and a multitude of others, including lesser works by Juan Miro, John Baldassari, Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall.