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Beyond five decades of art are stories of childhood, family, travels, struggles, and discoveries. In Metamorphosis, Rosscapili looks back on the memories that shaped his journey as an artist—and the new chapters that lie ahead.

Discover the man behind the art and the stories behind the masterpieces.

Set for release this December.

ROSSCAPILI: Metamorphosis, part of the Manila Bulletin Compendium: The Artbook Series, will be available online and at select bookstores.

For book inquiries and reservations, contact the Manila Bulletin Circulation Department: (02) 8527-8121 loc. 293/369 | (0917) 136-0110

Celebrate art, creativity, and a remarkable 50-year artistic journey through ROSSCAPILI: Metamorphosis.

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00:01Art is something you discover, no?
00:07My life is the best example ng metamorphosis.
00:31The inspiration there was the cocoon hanggang sa maging butterfly, no?
00:37Well, hindi natin na-experience yan kasi nakikita lang natin yung butterfly as it is, no?
00:43Ganda-ganda tayo.
00:45Pero ano yung process na dinaanan?
00:50And that's my life.
00:53So, nakita ko yung hindi maganda, nakita ko yung struggle,
00:58nakita ko yung walang nakakita sa'yo sa outside world.
01:04Hanggang suddenly, biglang lumabas ka na lang.
01:09Yung unang-una sa libro, yung tungkol sa Eskinita.
01:15That Eskinita, kaya siya nasa una ng libro.
01:18It's a very dark plywood na kinutkot.
01:23Hindi ko alam na may bumili pala sa'kin nung araw.
01:28Yun, nung particular work na yan.
01:30Pinaalala pa niya, alam mo, magkano ko to nabenta sa'yo?
01:33Mahal!
01:3420 peso, sabi niya.
01:37Pinalitan ko ng worth 300,000 na painting.
01:41Ang tuwa siya.
01:42Pero ako, mas tuwa ko kasi
01:44parang akong anak nga yan na bumalik sa'kin.
01:46So, that's the best.
01:50Okay, one of the best.
01:51Pero yun yung pinaka-special sa'kin sa libro.
01:54The idea of publishing a book and the idea of ending.
02:00Ending the book with a New York show.
02:03It started with mga turbulent years ko sa Tondo struggling up to New York.
02:14So, mas gusto ko siya i-end doon sa New York.
02:18It's a Thanksgiving.
02:21Ang sinyo ko doon,
02:24it's Happy Cake for Mother Earth.
02:27Ngayon lang ako nag-show sa International na Maliliit.
02:30Nine works.
02:31Katabi ko, Japan, nalaki.
02:34Italy, puro mga mural, no?
02:38Pero gusto ko yung part doon.
02:40Lumalapit sila, sinisilip nila.
02:45Ano yung nandun sa cake?
02:47More of a celebration.
02:50More of a Thanksgiving.
02:53Tapos, nandun din yung idea of
02:56paano natin papasalamatan yung Mother Earth.
03:02We set a deadline to publish this book right away.
03:09Pero it didn't happen.
03:10Inabot na ng pandemic.
03:13And only that, during pandemic,
03:15naging full blast kami, no?
03:18And...
03:19Kala ko tuloy-tuloy na.
03:21And so happen,
03:22nag-pass si Bien Bautista.
03:25That's the discovery, no?
03:27Na hindi mo...
03:29Kala mo,
03:31tatagal pa yung pagsasama nyo.
03:33At gusto ko na anduin siya sa book.
03:35Pero hindi nangyari.
03:36Okay.
03:37The only part na nagawa niya is the cover.
03:41Bag in-open mo yun,
03:43yung Conrad Sunset,
03:45that's the Bien Bautista.
03:47Yun yung last shoot niya.
03:49Another chapter for me is the family.
03:55Nalagay ko rin sa libro doon,
03:57my goal in life is not to repeat what I experienced sa past.
04:04But to create another family
04:08na susuportahan namin yung mga anak namin.
04:12Tapos,
04:13maging part siya ng society na hindi siya magiging problema.
04:17And then,
04:19later on,
04:19mag-ripple yun sa community
04:23kung saan yung mga kasama niya.
04:25The same.
04:26The same ang ano niya, no?
04:27Ayaw kong mag-create ng another
04:30duplicate nung nangyari doon.
04:32Very complete sa akin yung
04:35yung ano, yung
04:38Roscapilli Metamorphosis.
04:39And for,
04:40because of
04:42Emil Yap's Good Heart,
04:44siya yung nag-spearhead dito na
04:46gawin ako ng libro.
04:48So,
04:50it's a record.
04:52Overall,
04:52hindi mo naman yun, no?
04:54It's triumph na
04:55I want to share
04:56doon sa mga bata ngayon
04:58na there's no instant.
05:01Hindi pwede yung ano lang
05:02overnight success.
05:23In Dilina
05:26In Dilina

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