Researched by: Jessalyn P. Servo|2023, January
Eduardo Castrillo
BORN: October 31, 1942
BIRTHPLACE: Santa Ana, Manila
DIED: May 18, 2018 (aged 73)
AWARDS: 13th Artist Award of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Araw ng Maynila Centennial Award, Ten Outstanding Young Men Award, 1971
Eduardo Castrillo is a Filipino sculptor of The People Power Monument. He is the youngest of the five siblings of Santiago Silva Castrillo. Her mother is a leading actress in zarzuela and holly week pageants, while his father hardworking as a jeweler. In sadness, his mother passed away when he was only two years old, he came to the point where he was depressed and was planning to commit suicide. He found a place where he thought his sadness would disappear and he went to the University of Santo Tomas (UST) and he earned a degree in final arts, as his graduation approached he looked for a job. Castrillo was considered to be the most avant-garde sculptor in the Philippines in the 1980's.
The People Power Monument
BUILT: 1986-1993
OPENED: 1993
LOCATION: Baranggay Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City
STYLE: Pyramidal Sculpture
The People Power Monument was built by eduardo Castrillo in 1993, reaches 0.89 kilometers high and from the shrine of EDSA. The Monument stands on the surface and has a separate statue, in addition to this there is also one at the top placed and it is composed. What further proves this is that they are holding the national flag which is the symbol of the true Filipino. At the bottom of it are its colleagues where they protect the property rights such as various works of art.
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Dale Dennis David et al. Filipino Pride. Manila, Philippines: Filipino Matters, 2009, p. 56.
RR7449B Art A Filipino Called Castrillo. AP Archive. (undated video, probably 1970s). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNf0xJaH0EY). Accessed 5 July 2018.
“Art Community Mourns Passing of Sculptor Eduardo Castrillo”, GMA News, 20 May 2016.
Lito B. Zulueta, “Monuments Builder Ed Castrillo Passes Away; 73”. Philippine Inquirer, 18 May 2016.