Date: 9/20/08
Time: 1 – 3pm
Location: CCC Gallery
750 Kearny St, 3rd Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Admission: Free

Chinese – 中文網頁

In conjunction with its Chinese Puzzles Exhibition, the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will be organizing a special event celebrating the publication of “Chinese Puzzles: Games for the Hands and Mind”.

Photographer Niana Liu and authors Wei Zhang and Peter Rasmussen will be on hand to sign copies of the book and to lead visitors on gallery tours.

Part exhibition catalog and part photographic exploration, this beautiful book uses as its subject matter the traditional Chinese puzzles on display in the Chinese Culture Center’s current exhibition. However the forms, textures and colors of the antique puzzles are given new life through the eyes and lens of San Francisco-based painter-photographer-designer Niana Liu.

“Chinese Puzzles: Games for the Hands and Mind” was written by Bay Area residents Wei Zhang and Peter Rasmussen, who collected the puzzles during twelve years of travels crisscrossing China and exploring Western antique markets. This book is the first to document the rapidly disappearing forms of handcrafted Chinese puzzles.

Niana Liu photographed the puzzles using natural light, resulting in the book’s distinctly non-catalog appearance. Niana’s youth and spirit convey the same playfulness to the reader that is such an integral component of puzzle solving.

Visitors are encouraged to come as early 10:00 am to enjoy the Chinese Culture Center’s free exhibition, Chinese Puzzles: Games for the Hands and Mind, which runs until October 11.

時間: 9月20日，下午1点至下午3点
地点:舊金山中華文化中心畫廊
地址:舊金山乾尼街750號, 三樓
價格:免費

《中國傳統益智遊戲：動手又動腦》展覽網頁

舊金山中華文化中心誠摯邀請灣區民眾參加為中國傳統益智遊戲展圖錄發行的活動。《中國傳統益智遊戲》圖錄的攝影師劉念和作者及展品收藏者張衛和雷彼得將和大家見面。他們將為《中國傳統益智遊戲》簽名並講解中國傳統益智遊戲展覽。

《中國傳統益智遊戲》不僅僅是中國傳統益智遊戲展覽的圖錄。居住舊金山的攝影藝術家劉念用她獨特的眼光和鏡頭將這些中國傳統益智遊戲展品賦予了的新的藝術生命。

《中國傳統益智遊戲》的作者是舊金山灣區的張衛和雷彼得。近十二年來，他們走遍中國，北美和歐洲古董市場，收集這些古舊的益智遊戲。《中國傳統益智遊戲》是第一本綜合介紹這類迅速地消失的民俗文化的書籍。

劉念的照片脫俗於傳統的圖錄照片。她採用自然光為書中的藏品攝影，她的朝氣和精神為讀者們帶來和益智遊戲一樣的趣味。

中國傳統益智遊戲在舊金山中華文化中心展出至10月11日。每星期二至星期六，上午10點至下午4點。中國益智遊戲的展品包括傳統的七巧板，九連環和華容道。另外還有益智器物，益智圖像和一些智巧的生活用品，比如連環戒指或多開機關古鎖。人們在那裡既可以通過展櫃中的古典益智遊戲觀賞中華傳統文化，還可以通過在互動台上親自動手動腦，體驗把玩益智遊戲的快樂和揭解益智遊戲的成就感。

這個展覽歡迎不同年齡與文化背景的個人或家庭參與，免費參觀。

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Where: Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St, 4th Floor, “Pine” meeting room, San Francisco
Admission: FREE (RSVP Encouraged)

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