(b. Montevideo, Uruguay, 1949).
He began painting at the age of 15 during a period of isolation resulting from an asthma condition. In 1976, Iturria moved with his family to Spain, starting off in Barcelona before settling in Cadaqués. He began exhibiting in Spain and South America in the 1980s returning in 1986 to Montevideo where influence by his travels, he began to look inwards. Using oil and acrylic on canvas, Iturria manipulated colors to bring a somber composition to life. Within these compositions, familiar objects such as old furniture become a stage or theatre for Iturrias reflections on the past and present, scale, and changes in time and space. Not knowing wither his figures are toys or real, the viewer is led into a world of ambiguity in which the artist questions what is means to be human, often with a particular focus on family life.
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