Mezzanin Collection: An Underrated Gem in Contemporary Art
What makes art unforgettable? Is it the color, the form, or perhaps the question it leaves lingering in your mind? Enter the Mezzanin Collection—force in contemporary art.
Curated by Hanny Frick from Liechtenstein, this collection is the result of five decades of passion and vision. Five decades. That’s a lifetime of commitment to the craft of collecting and curating. Paintings. Sculptures. Drawings. Object art. Prints. The exhibition held 140 works from 48 artists, each one chosen to make you pause, think, and feel.
But here’s the kicker it’s about something bigger. Frick created the “Mezzanin Foundation for Art,” a project woven together with care and purpose. It’s a mission—a social and charitable one—focused on promoting, preserving, and communicating art. Regional, international. Both.
And then there was WUNDE®N, the 2016 exhibition that felt less like a showing and more like a statement. A curated selection by the one and only Roland Scotti of works that dared to challenge the underestimated. Sometimes art didn’t demand attention—it lingered quietly, gently urging you to pause, reflect, and see beyond the surface.
Tucked away in East Switzerland, this exhibition was about the conversations those works sparked and the legacy they left behind.
For those who discovered it, WUNDE®N revealed the overlooked, the underestimated, the extraordinary. I had the privilege of designing the signage and the catalogue, bringing this collection's purpose to fruition.
@ photo by Urs Baumann, Gais
@ photo by Urs Baumann, Gais
@ photo by Urs Baumann, Gais
@ photo by Urs Baumann, Gais
@ photo by Urs Baumann, Gais