Urlo

Abstract

The thesis project is a deeply personal and reflective exploration of painting as a vital, emotional, and physical expression. The author interprets his artistic practice as a scream a primal impulse that goes beyond rationality, rooted in personal experiences, childhood memories, and the physical relationship with the canvas. The scream becomes a symbol of the inner energy that drives artistic creation, far from theoretical frameworks or formal logic. For Castro Caicedo, painting is not a subject for analytical dissection, but rather a spontaneous and visceral act that reflects emotions, inner tensions, and lived experiences.

The text is developed through a qualitative methodology, particularly a narrative interview that reveals the artist’s thoughts and motivations. Castro Caicedo discusses the influences that have shaped his artistic journey from Dalí to Francis Bacon acknowledging in them different forms of "pictorial impulse." He describes his creative process as a ritual: an instinctive act without prior sketches or planning, where materials, gesture, and body merge to produce a painting meant to be felt rather than understood. For him, painting is an act of transgression and release, where error and accident are not failures, but essential elements of creation.