In 1982, the 46-year-old Ju flew off to New York with a painter, determined to go further with the contemporary art he loved. The featherweight artist settled into an apartment in a rather dangerous part of Brooklyn and set up his atelier in the landlord's sweltering garage.
民國七十一年，四十六歲的朱銘儘管已經享有不小名氣，然而，嚮往現代藝術的追求，瘦小的朱銘跟著一位畫家朋友就飛到紐約，在治安欠佳的布魯克林區租下房子，同時利用房東燠熱的車庫當工作室。