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Panem Quotidianum by Nadia Kuprina originates from an old Piedmontese accounting ledger (1918–1930) belonging to a winery. Each work takes its name from the original page number where customers and purchases were recorded. Nadia Kuprina intervenes on these memory-laden sheets by hand-printing plates and cutlery in linocut, transforming an economic document into a visual ritual dedicated to shared meals. The work reflects on Italian gastronomic tradition, on gratitude for daily bread and on the dialogue between spiritual wealth and material poverty, transforming the act of eating into a gesture of memory and sacredness. Egg printed on an ancient Gregorian score. Poem by Carducci. Portrait of the artist with the artwork.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements. Photo by Mark Edward Smith.

The Panem Quotidianum series develops as an archival reactivation operation: an accounting ledger from 1918–1930, originating from a Piedmontese winery, becomes the conceptual matrix and material support. The page number determines the title of the work, while manual linoleography introduces plates and cutlery printed one by one by the artist. The work explores shared meals as a symbolic and social device, questioning the relationship between economy and sacredness, consumption and gratitude, spiritual wealth and poverty. Italian gastronomic tradition is thus transformed into a semantic and ritual field.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements.

In Panem Quotidianum, Nadia Kuprina uses a Piedmontese accounting ledger from 1918–1930 as her original medium. Each plate and piece of cutlery is engraved and printed by hand by the artist using the linocut technique, emphasising the pressure, imperfection and physicality of the mark. The number of the original page becomes the title of the work, keeping the historical trace of the document visible. The print dialogues with the memory of Italian gastronomic tradition and with the theme of gratitude for daily meals, transforming the engraved object into a symbol of sharing and ritual.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements.

Panem Quotidianum by Nadia Kuprina originates from a register dating from 1918–1930 found in a Piedmontese cellar: names, purchases, traces of simple lives. On these pages, the artist hand-prints plates and cutlery in linocut, evoking daily bread as a gift. The page number becomes the name of the work, like a chapter in a silent liturgy. The shared meal reveals itself to be a sacred ritual of sharing, a gesture of gratitude, a memory of an Italian gastronomic tradition that combines spiritual wealth and material poverty. Bread is not just nourishment: it is presence, relationship, community.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements.

Panem Quotidianum by Nadia Kuprina originates from an old Piedmontese accounting ledger (1918–1930) belonging to a winery. Each work takes its name from the original page number where customers and purchases were recorded. Nadia Kuprina intervenes on these memory-laden sheets by hand-printing plates and cutlery in linocut, transforming an economic document into a visual ritual dedicated to shared meals. The work reflects on Italian gastronomic tradition, on gratitude for daily bread and on the dialogue between spiritual wealth and material poverty, transforming the act of eating into a gesture of memory and sacredness. Egg printed on an ancient Gregorian score. Poem by Carducci.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements.

The Panem Quotidianum series develops as an archival reactivation operation: an accounting ledger from 1918–1930, originating from a Piedmontese winery, becomes the conceptual matrix and material support. The page number determines the title of the work, while manual linoleography introduces plates and cutlery printed one by one by the artist. The work explores shared meals as a symbolic and social device, questioning the relationship between economy and sacredness, consumption and gratitude, spiritual wealth and poverty. Italian gastronomic tradition is thus transformed into a semantic and ritual field. Emproidery with gold.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements.

In Panem Quotidianum, Nadia Kuprina uses a Piedmontese accounting ledger from 1918–1930 as her original medium. Each plate and piece of cutlery is engraved and printed by hand by the artist using the linocut technique, emphasising the pressure, imperfection and physicality of the mark. The number of the original page becomes the title of the work, keeping the historical trace of the document visible. The print dialogues with the memory of Italian gastronomic tradition and with the theme of gratitude for daily meals, transforming the engraved object into a symbol of sharing and ritual.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements.

Panem Quotidianum by Nadia Kuprina originates from a register dating from 1918–1930 found in a Piedmontese cellar: names, purchases, traces of simple lives. On these pages, the artist hand-prints plates and cutlery in linocut, evoking daily bread as a gift. The page number becomes the name of the work, like a chapter in a silent liturgy. The shared meal reveals itself to be a sacred ritual of sharing, a gesture of gratitude, a memory of an Italian gastronomic tradition that combines spiritual wealth and material poverty. Bread is not just nourishment: it is presence, relationship, community.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Linoleografia stampata a mano su pagina di un registro di un’azienda vinicola del 1920. Elementi di collage.

Panem Quotidianum by Nadia Kuprina originates from an old Piedmontese accounting ledger (1918–1930) belonging to a winery. Each work takes its name from the original page number where customers and purchases were recorded. Nadia Kuprina intervenes on these memory-laden sheets by hand-printing plates and cutlery in linocut, transforming an economic document into a visual ritual dedicated to shared meals. The work reflects on Italian gastronomic tradition, on gratitude for daily bread and on the dialogue between spiritual wealth and material poverty, transforming the act of eating into a gesture of memory and sacredness. Egg printed on an ancient Gregorian score. Poem by Carducci. Portrait of the artist with the artwork.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements.

The Panem Quotidianum series develops as an archival reactivation operation: an accounting ledger from 1918–1930, originating from a Piedmontese winery, becomes the conceptual matrix and material support. The page number determines the title of the work, while manual linoleography introduces plates and cutlery printed one by one by the artist. The work explores shared meals as a symbolic and social device, questioning the relationship between economy and sacredness, consumption and gratitude, spiritual wealth and poverty. Italian gastronomic tradition is thus transformed into a semantic and ritual field.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements.

In Panem Quotidianum, Nadia Kuprina uses a Piedmontese accounting ledger from 1918–1930 as her original medium. Each plate and piece of cutlery is engraved and printed by hand by the artist using the linocut technique, emphasising the pressure, imperfection and physicality of the mark. The number of the original page becomes the title of the work, keeping the historical trace of the document visible. The print dialogues with the memory of Italian gastronomic tradition and with the theme of gratitude for daily meals, transforming the engraved object into a symbol of sharing and ritual.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements.

Panem Quotidianum by Nadia Kuprina originates from a register dating from 1918–1930 found in a Piedmontese cellar: names, purchases, traces of simple lives. On these pages, the artist hand-prints plates and cutlery in linocut, evoking daily bread as a gift. The page number becomes the name of the work, like a chapter in a silent liturgy. The shared meal reveals itself to be a sacred ritual of sharing, a gesture of gratitude, a memory of an Italian gastronomic tradition that combines spiritual wealth and material poverty. Bread is not just nourishment: it is presence, relationship, community.

PANEM QUOTIDIANUM. 29.5 cm x 43 cm Hand-printed linocut on a page from a 1920s winery register. Collage elements.

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