PRINTThis sculpture is to be sold with a certificate of
authenticity issued by Jun-Youn Sculpture Gallery, Taipei.
authenticity issued by Jun-Youn Sculpture Gallery, Taipei.
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Taichi Series
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1988 Wooden sculpture 25(L) x 22(W) x 37(H) cm Engraved Ju Ming in Chinese and dated '88 |
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Estimate
1,000,000 - 1,800,000 3,846,000 - 6,923,000 128,500 - 231,400
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Catalogue Note:
Ju Ming's "Taichi series" marked the maturation of his sculptural language and aesthetic style, securing his status as one of the most acclaimed figures in contemporary art. Ju Ming began practicing Taichi under his mentor, Yuyu Yang, to build up his strength and train his will. This unique form of exercise inspired him to take his creations into a new realm. This series drew him away from the traditional themes he explored in the past and into a type of pure spiritualism that marked the beginning of his mature phase in modern sculpture.
In his "Taichi" series, Ju Ming takes basic skills of shadow boxing as the elements of traditional picture for shaping and further replacing the traditional connotation in it, applying the massive touch sense and concise patch sense of modern sculpture, Ju Ming, as an artist, has expressed his understanding on image of mutual integration and accommodation of Chinese and western cultures. The Taichi series has seen remarkable transformations from its beginning in the late 1970s. His travels in Europe brought about the most revolutionary transformation in his approach towards this subject. His encounters with the stone architecture of ancient Rome brought him profound inspiration. As a result, his works since the 1980s took on cleaner contours and a more sublime sense of monumentality. As opposed to the rhythm and vitality we see expressed in his works from the 1970s, these later works focused on an expression of details through simple cuts and cracks. This has lent his artworks a dynamic and weighty feel.
In his "Taichi" series, Ju Ming takes basic skills of shadow boxing as the elements of traditional picture for shaping and further replacing the traditional connotation in it, applying the massive touch sense and concise patch sense of modern sculpture, Ju Ming, as an artist, has expressed his understanding on image of mutual integration and accommodation of Chinese and western cultures. The Taichi series has seen remarkable transformations from its beginning in the late 1970s. His travels in Europe brought about the most revolutionary transformation in his approach towards this subject. His encounters with the stone architecture of ancient Rome brought him profound inspiration. As a result, his works since the 1980s took on cleaner contours and a more sublime sense of monumentality. As opposed to the rhythm and vitality we see expressed in his works from the 1970s, these later works focused on an expression of details through simple cuts and cracks. This has lent his artworks a dynamic and weighty feel.