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Exhibition Howardena Pindell: Renewed Language Af
ter the sensational retrospective of Patricia Hurl this spring, the West Wing in IMMA continues to shine a light of elderly women who work needs to be hailed in life rather than death. Renewed Language represents the first exhibition here of artist, activist, and educator Howardena Pindell. Primarily an abstract painter who faced criticism in the late ‘60s, “the feeling was, the work should be about the Black experience.” This minimalism beckons you to look closer for subtle reveals which one can freely interpret as they wish. Pindell became the first Black woman to become a curator at (MoMA) in the 1970s where she worked for a decade before resigning. In video work such as Free, White and 21 (1980), Pindell pivots to confront racial discrimination more pointedly. Elsewhere, she addresses AIDS, how racism intersects with power structures and the climate crisis. At 80, Pindell is still responding to the concerns of our times, challenging us all to reflect and think. IMMA until October 1 Concert Feist Last time we had Feist round these parts, she was stepping away from a support slot with Arcade Fire (remember them?) after a flurry of sexual assault accusations against Win Butler emerged. Thankfully, she is back on her own terms bringing her latest release Multitudes in tow. It’s a quieter affair than previous efforts, one born of out the experience of becoming a parent and losing one. Recording with a digital eight-track recorder and nylon string guitar reflects the intimacy she brings to this release which slowly builds into beauts such as Borrow Trouble which will segue into the clutch of stratospheric hits off her 2007 breakthrough album The Reminder. National Concert Stadium, Wednesday September 6, €54.65 JAZZ Conor Guilfoyle Octet: Ken Stuart Tribute Lizzy Stuart got in touch to tell us about this tribute to her late dad Ken Stuart who was a stalwart of the jazz scene here and passed away 40 years ago. “A fine pianist/vibist and composer he played with everyone on the scene at the time including Louis Stewart, Dick Buckley, John Wadham, as well as having a duo with Tommy Halferty. He was a Duke Ellington specialist and played his music with Rock Fox’s famous orchestra for many years.” This night of swinging jazz will see Halferty, Lizzie, Guilfoyle and many others pay tribute to Ken with a premiere of one of his compositions and an octet set of Ellington compositions. Arthur’s Pub, Saturday September 2, 8.30pm, €20 Concert Jeff Mills presents Tomorrow Comes the Harvest Comedy Peter McGann - Great Lad McGann is one of the new wave of comics who seems to have been on instagram over lockdown. And he’s been gaining significant traction of late. One recent sketch of his, ‘A man has a bleak epiphany sending a voicenote to a radio show’ is utterly perfection in one minute and 25 seconds. What seems like a pointless novelty input quickly curdles, spiralling into reflection and regret. It truly is a masterclass in pointed black humour with its everyman reliability to the trap of life. Rest assured he brings the lolz to a live setting. Vicar Street, Friday September 15, €25 Tomorrow Comes the Harvest: Throw came about when the late afrobeat legend Tony Allen linked up with techno pioneer Jeff Mills to cross-pollinate their sounds in 2018 and see what happened. Sadly, Allen shuffled off this mortal coil in 2020. Mills has persisted with the project bringing in tabla player Prabhu Edouard and keyboardist Jean-Phi Dary to fill the void ahead of an album release at the start of September. In truth, you will know whether this is your thing fairly quickly placing it into the transcendental sonic spiritualism category or the ‘you couldn’t pay me…’ National Concert Hall, Saturday September 23, €49.50 61