Galway Advertiser 2000/2000_07_20/GA_20072000_E1_061.pdf 

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g^TERTAINMENT %> Festival art exhibitions feature major American Pop artist as well as the finest of contemporary Irish artists

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ne of t h e m o s t a n t i c i p a t e d exhibitions of this year's festival is Amoro by Joe Boske. w h o has n o t or d e s i g n e d m a n y of t h e a r t s festival's p o s t e r s over t h e years, b u t c r e a t e d p o s t e r s for m a n y o t h e r e v e n t s a n d festivals, such as T h e C u c k o o Fleadb a n d Clifden A r t s Festival, as well. W h a t this stun ning exhibition brilliantly d e m o n s t r a t e s is w h a t an e x t r a o r d i n a r i l y gifted a r t i s t h e is. It also r e m i n d s us t h ; this exhibition is long o v e r d u e and will u n d o u b t e d l y lead t o a m a j o r re-evaluation of Boske's work, t h e dis tinctive qualities of which have for t o o long b e e n o v e r s h a d o w e d by his m o r e strictly c o m m e r c i a l work.

Ed Ruscha