Pedro Manrique Figueroa is a pivotal figure in Colombian art history. All that is left from his life and work are memories, perhaps that is the reason why his existence swirls around reality and fiction. This article, after briefly describing the character’s genesis, aims to analyze Manrique from two different points of view. The first one will try to examine the act of creation with the tools provided by the theories of Foucault, Huizinga and Caillois. The second one, will approach the character to study its performative qualities.