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Sat 06 Jun 2010'I'm popular with the public yet ignored by the art establishment'
THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: ROBERTS BALLAGH:Too independent? Too political? Too many faces? Whatever the reason, Robert Ballagh, one of Ireland’s most versatile artists, can still feel like an outsider, writes ROSITA BOLAND
THERE ARE 17 Robert Ballaghs in his studio at Arbour Hill in Dublin, so it’s hard to know which one to look at. The artist is in the process of making 16 self-portraits, half of them in oil, half of them drawings, for a show at Wexford Arts Centre that will open during the opera festival later in the year.
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