Mix and Match

For over twenty-five years, collector Nicola Erni has acquired works of art that reflect her passion for art, fashion and social change, bringing together one of the largest collections of photography and an extensive collection of contemporary art in private hands.

Mix and Match presents almost 400 works from the Nicola Erni Collection, combining fashion photography and contemporary art in amusing combinations where both genres are in dialogue.

At the same time, it offers a journey through one hundred years of fashion photography and shows new ways of exploring this field from the 1930s to the present day, organised in twelve thematic sections.Among the featured artists and photographers are: Richard Avedon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cecil Beaton, Sylvie Fleury, Keith Haring, Vivian Maier, Cindy Sherman, Tim Walker, Andy Warhol and others.To bring together the worlds of fashion photography and art is to orchestrate an extraordinary dialogue that transcends generations and cultures.

These images, seen through a very personal lens and from the perspective of a unique woman, capture experiences that reflect the whole of humanity.

Publisher: Phaidon