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Exhibition Alice Rekab - Family Lines Rekab’s bes
t known work is probably ‘Units of Potential’, the green balls affixed to the Lir Institute. However, this commissioned work shows the expansive and intriguing nature of their practice. With ‘Family Lines’ Rekab explores “embedded personal and cultural narratives; the stories that we tell and the stories that we are told about ourselves.” Objects and spaces in family member homes became keystones for Rekab’s understanding of who they are midst the “dislocation and fragmentation” of mixed-race Irish identity. Rekab also invites Éireann and I, an archive of Black life for Black migrants in Ireland, to create a family living room experience replete with diverse material collected through workshops this spring. Rich, layered and rewarding. Douglas Hyde Gallery until September 25. Exhibition Peter Doyle - THICK Spit! Doyle’s Two Faces is arguably one of the standout pieces of work at Hang Tough’s current Páipéar exhibition on Dame Street. With Thick Spit! he gets a standalone outing for his work. “Drawing inspiration from classical portraiture ‘THICK spit!’ explores the human figure in its most captivating form… Within his loose painterly approach he is showcasing the mundane while simultaneously exploring intricate details of the human figure.” Beady-eyed brilliance. Hang Tough Contemporary until August 28. Theatre Mespil in the Dark Live Spawning from a commission from Brightening Air festival, Mespil in the Dark is centred around a block of flats in Dublin 4, and the artists who have inhabited them for years. Observing their daily habits, both private and public, it explores the hopes and fears and small coincidental accidents that shape their destinies. Originally conceived as four online episodes, it now gets a chance to breath new life into its existence by taking to the stage. Samuel Beckett Theatre, Tuesday September 6-10, €15-€25. 61