The Ju Ming Sculpture Exhibition in Times Square Hong Kong, showcases works from the celebrated 'Taichi' and 'Living World' Series. 'The popularity of Ju Ming's art today, especially its success among the Chinese audience traditionally less sympathetic to modern art, suggests that Ju Ming has filled in a cultural need, perhaps providing something inherently understood but unarticulated until his arrival. Compared to the new generation of young stars whose success depend on their critical and cultural sophistication, Ju Ming's art is decidedly not intellectural and non polemical. What has made him successful is the populist nature of his work, appearing at a time when the Chinese art world was seeking an artistic personality such as his.' - extracted from essay by Johnson Chang.

《朱銘雕塑展》假香港時代廣場舉行，展出了朱銘蜚聲國際的「太極系列」及「人間系列」。張頌仁在評論中指出：「朱銘的作品如今廣受歡迎，甚至吸引了原本不太欣賞現代藝術的華人，反映他的作品滿足了一定的文化需求，並表示作者表達了某種在文化界醞釀已久的感覺。現代的藝壇新秀要出頭往往走的是學術及精英文化路線。相較之下，朱銘不是文人型藝術家，也不具議論性。他當時能成功是因為他的作品流露的草根性，能合於大眾；當時的華人世界正好需要如此的角色。」