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Juan Manuel "Turkish" Mendez, is self born in San Gregorio de Polanco, a small town on the banks of Black River Tacuarembó department in Uruguay.

Fisherman by profession, his art is so casual, collecting wood and roots that the river "HUM" gives, almost naively ventures into a mystical world full of vigor, strength and drama.

The Indian faces appear and are repeated, are a regain identity of the first settlers of the land Charruas.

His works are always closely...

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