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This sculpture is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Jun Youn Sculpture Gallery, Taipei.

Ju Ming's famous sculptures, "Taichi Series", have made him an esteemed carving master worldwide. As he performed with knife and ax chopping and chiseling giant pieces of wood, he created a visualized and artistic of Taichi which embodies a Chinese philosophical outlook on life.

During the period when Ju Ming practicing the ancient "Martial Art–Taichi", he soon discovered that Taichi did more than just make him stronger: It gave him much inner energy and opened up profound thoughts for his creative work. Ju gained firsthand experience of the awe-inspiring vital force that circulates through all living creatures, and as he gradually adopted this new philosophy and internalized its principles, he also started to express it in his art. This was the point of departure for his Taichi series, a collection of works brimming with impressive momentum and a joyful spirit. In these pieces, Ju managed to sublimate the abstract essence of traditional Chinese culture and to pour it into his creations that transcend language and geographical barriers.

For Ju Ming, the "Taichi Series" is the starting point of his own unique style. He expresses the vital inner force discovered in Taichi boxing in a form that immediately resonates with a profound understanding of the energy within. In the "Taichi Series", Ju creates a tension between geometric abstract forms which bring forth the active and forceful postures of the figures. This, along with the contrast between the dynamic poses and the static material, and the rough and terse finishes create a rich rhythm in the works. 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."