Matt Merkel-Hess + MerkelWare

 

DOTS, DOTS, DOTS!

New spotted MerkelWare dishes 

by Matt Merkel-Hess

Please join us for the opening on

Saturday, June 18,  7-10 pm

Some of his classic stoneware forms alongside some new shapes...utilitarian and polka-dotted.

plus...

a few dot inspired things from our Japan trip.  

Upcoming SATURDAY, APRIL 2nd

ZACHARY LEENER:

New

California

Pieces

saturday

april 2, 

7 - 10 pm

Unveiling of a new collection of ceramic sculptures, planters, ephemera, etcetera by artist Zachary Leener with a special furniture pairing by WAKA WAKA. 

Join us at Space 1520 for PUPPETS, PROJECTIONS & HAIR-DOS!

YELENA ZHELEZOV

performing

KNOCK, KNOCK.  

Who is there? 

It's your hair.

with music provided by Dylan Mckenzie

Saturday, January 22, 7-9 pm 

@

SPACE 15 Twenty

1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd.

los angeles, ca 90028

Yelena Zhelezov, a performance and video artist based in Los Angeles, will be performing hairy tales, weaving a tangle of historical hair reenactments realized through a mixture of puppetry, projection and... hair.

JOIN US this Thursday for the opening of our month long installation at Space 15 TWENTY's gallery...

E X T R A o r d i n a r y Life Series:
innovative options for personalizing space and self

(How to make life nice by IKO IKO! Well have some signature IKO IKO statements along with some new ones...an expansive collection of fresh WAKA WAKA furniture, new ROWENA SARTIN clothing, and some specially created pieces by Matt Merkel Hess, Julia Haft-Candell, Zachary Leener, Daniel Hope and Yelena Zhelezov.)


WHEN:
january 13 - 30, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION january 13, 7-10 pm

with DJ Eli Diner

WHERE:
Space 15 Twenty
1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

Please taste DEC. 11, 2-5 pm

Keeping with our entertaining/celebration/decorate-your-space theme...we have some edible gift options as well as the complementing accessories for it. If you're going to a dinner party or throwing one yourself, here are some easy and delicious solutions...

And you can taste them first.

Please join us for our

jarred tastes tasting

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2-5 pm

JEN SMITH's holiday offerings:

pickled brussel sprouts, pumpkin, okra,cactus, curried cauliflower, dilly beans, bread 'n butter pickles & apple butter

+

some enticing homemade by MOM edibles:

wine jellies (chardonnay, chianti, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, malbec, sangiovese)
spicy jellies (red and green jalapeno)
fruit jelly (pomegranate)

Come join us SATURDAY, DEC. 4, 6-9 pm for...

To inaugurate December, artist Katy Krantz has created a diverse arrangement of nonfunctional and functional ceramic works on the idea of "the centerpiece." Her quixotic shapes range from serving dishes, vase containers, gigantic beads and abstract sculptures--the connecting point being her unusual scale and a surface treatment that reflects a curiosity in material and an obvious trace of process.

KATY KRANTZ:
The Centerpiece

ART OBJECTS + LIFE OBJECTS:
ceramics for a table top, for flowers, for a celebration, for a dinner party, for personal ornamentation, for enjoyment!

saturday, december 4, 6-9 pm

 

A nice way to start Sunday

Stop by the Melrose Trading Post 

Sunday, November 14 and 21, 9-5

and 

explore the new installation by WILCOXSUN.  

We made some special pieces for an uncommon forest wandering.
 

Rowena Sartin, Sleeveful scarf, reclaimed shirt sleeves sewn together in a circle
WAKA WAKA, Homage to the square stools, reclaimed wood
IKO IKO, Power rings; foam, plaster, paint

JEWELRY!

IKO IKO
presents

JEWELRY
by
HANNAH KEEFE

a new installation of chain and solder pieces

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 7-10 pm


IKO IKO
1298 sunset blvd.
los angeles, ca 90026
323.719.1079 / info@ikoikospace.com
ikoikospace.com / ikoikospace.blogspot.com

Get down with FALL

 
 

We
are celebrating
with
a new harvest of pickles
by JEN SMITH
along with
the latest installment of IKO IKO
creations and finds...

//// New run of IKO WAKA big dots in black and now white-- sweatshirts, t-shirts and tenugui
///  Part 1 of Rowena Sartin Fall clothing pieces-- circle dress, pocket scarf jacket, skirty walking shorts
//   Flowers and plant inspired ceramics from Japan and boro and linen wall hangings

Sunday, September 26
2-5 pm

Tasting and sale of September's batch of pickles + cold sake + FUN

On the menu:
curried cauliflower
spicy okra
dilly beans
nopales
+
lots of cucumber (bread 'n butter, dill spears, smokey cucumbers and Thai spiced numbers)
+
her noteworthy jams (peach, plums and some surprises)

 

Come join us for an evening performance...

IKO IKO
presents

Loneliness Loneliness Loneliness Loneliness Loneliness
Loneliness Loneliness Loneliness Loneliness  

Loneliness Loneliness Loneliness

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE

LOVE LOVE LOVE

LOVE LOVE
 &

hair

An audio/visual collaboration with JULIA HOLTER and YELENA ZHELEZOV
based on salon romances of Alexander Pushkin
with a special screening of Mon Amie La Mort by DANIELA ANASTASSIOU

Friday
JULY 9
8 pm
 

SUMMERTIME JAM! New recipes by JEN SMITH

SUMMERTIME JAM
(and PICKLE)!!

sunday, june 27, 4-6 pm

Join us for an afternoon of new recipes and old favorites by artist JEN SMITH. 
Lots of new stock available.  

NEW FRIENDS:
strawberry jam, ginger peach jam, lavender plum preserves, spicy okra
 
OLD FRIENDS:
dilly beans, dill spears, cactus, some krauts, harissa, bread and butter pickles and some surprises!
and...
 a few other new IKO IKO treats:
+ modular wood record boxes by WAKA WAKA
+ new summer looks by ROWENA SARTIN
+ some paper mache fruit
 

Pretty hands, pretty sounds

 
NAIL ART by artist Sebastian Boher
MUSIC by composer/musician David Semien
 
SATURDAY, MAY 22, 6-8 pm

For $3/nail you can walk away with some fine looking hands and a unique music experience.  We also have some great new treasures to share...
 
big dot tenugui, paper prints and t-shirts,
mini weaving looms,
wool curly locks in new colors,
polka dot button downs,
summer scarves,
ceramic beads for necklace making,
vintage fiber books,
wood stools,
MORE
!!!
!!
!

PUPPETS, VIDEO & SOUND at IKO IKO saturday, march 6, 7:30 pm

IKO IKO
presents

YELENA 
ZHELEZOV

performing an evening of experiments in puppetry, video projection, and live sound that contemplate the notion of self-improvement .

Three situations are presented to the distinguished audience:
1. A multi-story apartment building changes into a mountain over a
surprisingly short period of time.
2. A bear attempts to study architecture, and is arrested For Fashion Faux Pas (4 paws).
3. A short course in learning to appreciate monumental sculpture.

SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 7:30 pm
(please be timely as the show will begin at 7:30 sharp!)

Yelena Zhelezov is a Belarusian-Israeli artist  based in Los Angeles. Yelena’s work is highly interdisciplinary, and as such takes form of installation, objects, texts, film, and puppetry performance. Yelena’s materials are evidentiary of the world, often sourced in science, art history, and her yard.  She uses strategies of research, classification and the archive in her practice.  She is currently an MFA candidate at CalArts.

Poems on a Sunday Afternoon

IKO IKO

presents

A

reading

by

Sarah Suzor

&

Coryander Friend

curated 

by 

Lizzy Epstein

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 4 pm

Come sit and listen to some poems on a Sunday afternoon.

IKO IKO

1298 w. sunset blvd, los angeles, ca 90026

323.719.1079 / info@ikoikospace.com

ikoikospace.com / ikoikospace.blogspot.com

Champagne Saturday Series, No. 2

IKO IKO
presents

Champagne Saturday Series:
No. 2, Summer Le Fun

Come out and celebrate summer with champagne
and 15% off all items in store this day only.
DJ set by Secret Ceremony with special appearance
by Orson (the cat).

Saturday, June 13, 12 - 7 pm
1298 sunset blvd, los angeles, ca 90026
info@ikoikospace.com / 323.719.1079
ikoikospace.com / ikoikospace.blogspot.com

Champagne Saturday Series, No. 1

IKO IKO
presents
Champagne Saturday Series:
No. 1, life and the early '90s

Come drink champagne and honor early '90s style with leggings, camp shirts and headbands by Rowena Sartin.

Also check out the current group installation Still Life / Nature Morte with art, objects, jewelry, accessories and curiosities by select LA, SF and NY artists and designers.

Saturday, May 23, 12 - 7 pm
1298 sunset blvd, los angeles, ca 90026
info@ikoikospace.com / 323.719.1079
ikoikospace.com / ikoikospace.blogspot.com