TAKAKO SAITO DIES AT THE AGE OF 96

Takako Saito died on 30 September 2025.

Her works can be seen in major museums around the world: delicate, tranquil objects made from the simplest of materials, countless variations on chess sets, or stalls reminiscent of toy shops, the ‘You&Me Shops’, where twigs, stones, leaves, shells and everyday objects are exchanged, combined or incorporated into small collaborative works.
(Today, on 2 October, I picked up the first chestnut in the main square).
Takako Saito attached great importance to interaction with her fellow human beings. Play took centre stage in her work; it was her way of communicating, her language.
We owe her unforgettable moments in Hadersdorf.
The great Fluxus artist was a guest at the ‘Ausstellungshaus Spoerri’ in 2018 and ensured that the museum extended into the park on the main square. The residents of Hadersdorf were invited to participate in three playful performances. After the performances, they said:
‘We all agree: let's do it again anytime!’
We are very sad that it is no longer possible to repeat the event, but we should ensure that Takako's cheerfulness remains in the world.
Barbara Räderscheidt

 

Season 2015: LOVING & HAVING

MARCH 22 – NOVEMBER 01, 2015

Love. Lover. Collector. Collections and works by 25 collectors and artists. 

On the occasion of Daniel Spoerri's 85th birthday, the exhibition center has taken up a theme that is constitutive of Spoerri's work: collecting. 

»For me, collecting is learning!« says the artist. Even banal everyday objects have a surprising number of variants. Many such objects have meanwhile found their way into Spoerri's assemblages. Others are still preserved as collections. In addition further collectors were invited: Tex Rubinowitz showed brushes and brooms; Margret Baumann presented »The Reader« by Jean-Honoré Fragonard as an embroidery image in all possible sizes and quality levels; Volker Gerling made it possible to experience »Moments in Motion«, which he collected as a flip-book photographer on his extensive hikes; Susanne Neumann installed her broad collection of shattered rear-view mirrors; Martin Kätelhöhn rescued margin drawings on school reading classics from the Reclam publishing house... 

Exhibition period: March 22 – November 01, 2015

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