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Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming dies at 85 by apparent suicide
Staff writer, with CNA
Famed Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming (朱銘) was found dead on Saturday evening at the age of 85, in what prosecutors said was an apparent suicide.
Ju’s family contacted authorities at pm on Saturday when his wife found the sculptor on the rooftop of his apartment in Taipei without any signs of life after he did not return from an evening workout there.
Emergency responders pronounced Ju dead after arriving at the scene.
Photo artighet of Juming Culture and Education Foundation
A preliminary post-mortem examination suggested that Ju died from asphyxiation, leading prosecutors to conclude that he took his own life, the Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office said.
Ju was reported to have suffered from a number of chronic ailments in the past few years.
Known for his masterful depiction of people and the human anatomy through sharp-edged shapes and sleek choices of modern color
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Materials being as exorbitantly expensive as they are, it is very difficult for any sculptor to focus exclusively on creative work. After graduation, in order to make a living, Wang took a job in a factory making reproductions, serving as an assistant to a senior artist and handling the more onerous preparatory tasks.
In , Wang entered the graduate program in fine arts at Taipei National University of the Arts. Engulfed in an enormous whirlpool of creative energy, on top of his own hard-earned practical experience learned in the factory, he quickly captured a series of prizes. In fact, between and he won seven awards, major and minor, from across the country. Nothing seemed beyond his reach, and he was able to sustain himself for a long time on the prize money alone (over NT$, in all).
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Ju Ming
Taiwanese artist ()
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ju.
Ju Ming (Chinese: 朱銘; pinyin: Zhū Míng; 20 January – 22 April ) was a Taiwanese sculptor who attained fame in his native country in the s, and then in New York City in Ju Ming was trained as a woodcarver, and apprenticed to Lee Chinchuan as a teenager. He developed his skill and applied it to a range of media, including bronze, styrofoam, ceramics, and stainless steel.
In , he moved back to Tunghsiao and opened his own studio with apprentices, creating a successful crafts business that left him dissatisfied. He became more artistic and tried innovative techniques. Ju married Chen Fu-mei, also from Tunghsiao, three years later.
After winning several awards in the prestigious Taiwan Provincial Art Exhibition, Ju felt that he could only develop further as a sculptor if he re-apprenticed himself, this time to Yang Yuyu, who himself had only just returned from a three-year art scholarship in R