{"id":9377,"date":"2025-08-26T11:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fraclorraine.org\/?post_type=exhibition&p=9377"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:39:47","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.fraclorraine.org\/en\/exhibition\/takako-saito\/","title":{"rendered":"Takako Saito. It's All Play","raw":"Takako Saito. It's All Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u25cf This exhibition by Japanese artist Takako Saito (1929, Japan \u2013 2025, Germany) follows the acquisition of a significant body of works for the collection of the Frac Lorraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takako Saito has been closely associated with Fluxus. While studying psychology in Tokyo in the late 1940s, she joined the Creative Art Education movement\u2014founded by Teijiro Kubo\u2014which championed free expression and play. Living in New York from 1963 to 1968, where she discovered Fluxus through the artist Ay-O, she began collaborating with the movement after meeting George Maciunas\u2014creating works such as ball games and chess sets (*Fluxchess*)\u2014and later worked with George Brecht and Robert Filliou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She published her first artist’s book in England in 1973 with Beau Geste Press, before working for Francesco Conz Editions from 1975 to 1979 ; she then settled permanently in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, where she taught at the University of Essen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saito, who made no distinction between life and art, placed certain fundamental elements at the heart of her practice: taking the audience as a point of orientation, a deep interest in materials and working processes, the joy of play, and\u2014last but not least\u2014grounding her work in everyday life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition is the first to be held following her passing in September 2025 at the age of 96.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Envoyer des commentaires<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Takako Saito, Astgabel Chess<\/em>, 1996. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est \u2013 Frac Lorraine, Metz. Photo Frac Lorraine \u00a9 Adagp, Paris, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Curated by : Fanny Gonella, director of Frac Lorraine, in dialogue with H\u00e9l\u00e9na Griffault, collection manager, and Lucie Didion, collection registrar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Partenaire m\u00e9dia : ICI TV Radio Digital – France 3 Lorraine<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n

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\u25cf This exhibition by Japanese artist Takako Saito (1929, Japan \u2013 2025, Germany) follows the acquisition of a significant body of works for the collection of the Frac Lorraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takako Saito has been closely associated with Fluxus. While studying psychology in Tokyo in the late 1940s, she joined the Creative Art Education movement\u2014founded by Teijiro Kubo\u2014which championed free expression and play. Living in New York from 1963 to 1968, where she discovered Fluxus through the artist Ay-O, she began collaborating with the movement after meeting George Maciunas\u2014creating works such as ball games and chess sets (*Fluxchess*)\u2014and later worked with George Brecht and Robert Filliou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She published her first artist's book in England in 1973 with Beau Geste Press, before working for Francesco Conz Editions from 1975 to 1979 ; she then settled permanently in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, where she taught at the University of Essen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saito, who made no distinction between life and art, placed certain fundamental elements at the heart of her practice: taking the audience as a point of orientation, a deep interest in materials and working processes, the joy of play, and\u2014last but not least\u2014grounding her work in everyday life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition is the first to be held following her passing in September 2025 at the age of 96.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Envoyer des commentaires<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Takako Saito, Astgabel Chess<\/em>, 1996. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est \u2013 Frac Lorraine, Metz. Photo Frac Lorraine \u00a9 Adagp, Paris, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Curated by : Fanny Gonella, director of Frac Lorraine, in dialogue with H\u00e9l\u00e9na Griffault, collection manager, and Lucie Didion, collection registrar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Partenaire m\u00e9dia : ICI TV Radio Digital - France 3 Lorraine<\/p>\n"},"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_fr_post_content":"\n

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\u25cf Cette exposition de l'artiste japonaise Takako Saito (1929, Japon \u2013 2025, Allemagne) fait suite \u00e0 l'acquisition d'un ensemble significatif d\u2019\u0153uvres pour la collection du Frac Lorraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takako Saito est une artiste \u00e9troitement li\u00e9e \u00e0 Fluxus. Durant ses \u00e9tudes de psychologie \u00e0 Tokyo \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1940, elle rejoint le mouvement Creative Art Education<\/em>, fond\u00e9 par Teijiro Kubo, qui pr\u00f4ne la libre expression et le jeu. R\u00e9sidant \u00e0 New York de 1963 \u00e0 1968, o\u00f9 elle d\u00e9couvre Fluxus par l'interm\u00e9diaire de l\u2019artiste Ay-O, elle collabore \u00e0 ce mouvement suite \u00e0 sa rencontre avec George Maciunas, notamment par des jeux de boules et d'\u00e9checs (Fluxchess<\/em>), puis avec George Brecht et Robert Filliou. Elle publie son premier livre d'artiste en Angleterre \u00e0 partir de 1973 avec Beau Geste Press, avant de travailler pour les \u00e9ditions Francesco Conz de 1975 \u00e0 1979, date \u00e0 laquelle elle s'installe d\u00e9finitivement \u00e0 D\u00fcsseldorf en Allemagne, donnant des cours \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 de Essen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takako Saito, qui ne s\u00e9parait pas la vie de l\u2019art, a plac\u00e9 au centre de sa pratique certains \u00e9l\u00e9ments qu\u2019elle consid\u00e8re comme fondamentaux : prendre le public comme point d\u2019orientation, un int\u00e9r\u00eat profond pour les mat\u00e9riaux et les processus de travail, la joie du jeu et, enfin et surtout, l\u2019ancrage de sa pratique dans le quotidien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cette exposition est la premi\u00e8re suite \u00e0 sa disparition en septembre 2025 \u00e0 l'\u00e2ge de 96 ans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Takako Saito, Astgabel Chess<\/em>, 1996. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est \u2013 Frac Lorraine, Metz. Photo Frac Lorraine \u00a9 Adagp, Paris, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Vue d\u2019exposition, Takako Saito. Tout se joue<\/em>, 49 Nord 6 Est \u2013 Frac Lorraine, Metz, 16 octobre 2025 \u2013 1er<\/sup> f\u00e9vrier 2026
Photo Fred Dott
\u00a9 Adagp, Paris, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue d\u2019exposition, Takako Saito. Tout se joue<\/em>, 49 Nord 6 Est \u2013 Frac Lorraine, Metz, 16 octobre 2025 \u2013 1er<\/sup> f\u00e9vrier 2026
Photo Fred Dott
\u00a9 Adagp, Paris, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue d\u2019exposition, Takako Saito. Tout se joue<\/em>, 49 Nord 6 Est \u2013 Frac Lorraine, Metz, 16 octobre 2025 \u2013 1er<\/sup> f\u00e9vrier 2026
Photo Fred Dott
\u00a9 Adagp, Paris, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue d\u2019exposition, Takako Saito. Tout se joue<\/em>, 49 Nord 6 Est \u2013 Frac Lorraine, Metz, 16 octobre 2025 \u2013 1er<\/sup> f\u00e9vrier 2026
Photo Fred Dott
\u00a9 Adagp, Paris, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vue d\u2019exposition, Takako Saito. Tout se joue<\/em>, 49 Nord 6 Est \u2013 Frac Lorraine, Metz, 16 octobre 2025 \u2013 1er<\/sup> f\u00e9vrier 2026
Photo Fred Dott
\u00a9 Adagp, Paris, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Commissariat : Fanny Gonella, directrice du Frac Lorraine, en coop\u00e9ration avec H\u00e9l\u00e9na Griffault, charg\u00e9e de collection, et Lucie Didion, r\u00e9gisseuse collection<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Partenaire m\u00e9dia : ICI TV Radio Digital - France 3 Lorraine<\/p>\n","_fr_post_name":"takako-saito","_fr_post_excerpt":"","_fr_post_title":"Takako Saito. Tout se joue","_en_post_content":"\n

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\u25cf This exhibition by Japanese artist Takako Saito (1929, Japan \u2013 2025, Germany) follows the acquisition of a significant body of works for the collection of the Frac Lorraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takako Saito has been closely associated with Fluxus. While studying psychology in Tokyo in the late 1940s, she joined the Creative Art Education movement\u2014founded by Teijiro Kubo\u2014which championed free expression and play. Living in New York from 1963 to 1968, where she discovered Fluxus through the artist Ay-O, she began collaborating with the movement after meeting George Maciunas\u2014creating works such as ball games and chess sets (*Fluxchess*)\u2014and later worked with George Brecht and Robert Filliou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She published her first artist's book in England in 1973 with Beau Geste Press, before working for Francesco Conz Editions from 1975 to 1979 ; she then settled permanently in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, where she taught at the University of Essen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saito, who made no distinction between life and art, placed certain fundamental elements at the heart of her practice: taking the audience as a point of orientation, a deep interest in materials and working processes, the joy of play, and\u2014last but not least\u2014grounding her work in everyday life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition is the first to be held following her passing in September 2025 at the age of 96.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Envoyer des commentaires<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Takako Saito, Astgabel Chess<\/em>, 1996. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est \u2013 Frac Lorraine, Metz. Photo Frac Lorraine \u00a9 Adagp, Paris, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Curated by : Fanny Gonella, director of Frac Lorraine, in dialogue with H\u00e9l\u00e9na Griffault, collection manager, and Lucie Didion, collection registrar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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