This sculpture is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.

The "Taichi" Series by Ju Ming took on a whole new dimension when the artist started to produce works involving twin-sparring-figures. With the single Taichi figures, through the bodily movement, the force and rhythm of Taichi were expressed. However the nature of Taichi is such that there are two chi to begin with: the yin and the yang. These two entities have a mutual reciprocating relationship and are embodied as one, creating a harmonious and powerful movement.

This lot, the "Taichi boxer", poses with a defensive gesture but suggests motion within a still stance. It does not lose its dynamic quality as compared to the attack gesture. Both legs are slightly bent to create a form endowed with subdued force, while the left shoulder is turning forward to create a forward movement. The defense has a bearing of offense as the hand gestures in a cloud-like floating manner and naturally pushes forward. From these defense and possession, forward and backward movements arise the Taichi concept of yin and yang and continuity. Ju Ming has fully expressed the underlying essence of Taichi in his creations. As the renowned art historian Michael Sullivan said: "In his Taichi Series, this conflict of forces is explicit, in the dualism of the figures who thrust and retreat, give and take, in a dynamic relationship with one each other. An invisible electric current seems to flow between them".