ABOUT THE WORK

In the late 1970s, Nick Joaquin, in his article about “A new direction in Philippine art,” christened Moscoso’s representational evocations of Philippine rustic life in caramel colors as “manscapes.” “People have always been my obsession,” he wrote.” It is and always will be pivotal to my form of art. In my involvement with creating human form, I have always strived to create figures using the purest of lines, never repeating them to create a linearity of purpose.” Moscoso later turned to “godscapes” which are renditions of the pantheon of the Gods in the Hellenic and Judeao-Christian worlds. In 1975, he was named one of the 13 Outstanding Young Artists by the Art Association of the Philippines.