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Work from the Panem Quotidianum series by Nadia Kuprina, created on an original accounting ledger (1918–1930) from a Piedmontese winery. Collage of grapes, red wine, garlic, anchovies — traces of an Italian gastronomic tradition built on poverty and sharing. The page number becomes the title. Plates and cutlery are hand-printed in linocut, transforming cultural memory into visual heritage and collective identity.

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

Nadia Kuprina's Panem Quotidianum series draws on historical accounting records (1918–1930) from a Piedmontese winery. The names of customers and their purchases — red wine, anchovies, essential goods — are interspersed with hand-printed linoleum-cut images of tableware. The page number determines the title of the work. The work explores the heritage, identity and social dimension of the meal as a space for relationship and sharing.

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

Original page from an early 20th-century accounting ledger (1918–1930), with authentic handwriting and traces of purchases linked to Italian gastronomic traditions: red wine, garlic, anchovies. In the Panem Quotidianum series, Nadia Kuprina superimposes hand-printed linoleography plates and cutlery onto this worn paper. The page number becomes the name of the work, preserving memory, heritage and identity. Italian gastronomic tradition. Spiritual wealth and poverty.

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

Intervention on original archival document: Piedmontese accounting register (1918–1930). Nadia Kuprina uses linocut to manually print plates and cutlery on pages already marked with names and purchases — red wine, garlic, anchovies. The dialogue between the engraved matrix and historical paper creates a tension between contemporary graphics and material memory, between everyday poverty and conscious artistic gesture.

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

In the Panem Quotidianum series, Nadia Kuprina transforms an accounting ledger (1918–1930) into a symbolic place of shared meals. Among names, red wine and essential goods, hand-printed linoleum plates and cutlery emerge like domestic altars. The work evokes gratitude and spiritual prayer linked to food, evoking poverty, sharing and heritage as sacred acts of everyday life.

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

Work from the Panem Quotidianum series by Nadia Kuprina, created on an original accounting ledger (1918–1930) from a Piedmontese winery. Collage of grapes, red wine, garlic, anchovies — traces of an Italian gastronomic tradition built on poverty and sharing. The page number becomes the title. Plates and cutlery are hand-printed in linocut, transforming cultural memory into visual heritage and collective identity. Portrait. Artist and 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.

Nadia Kuprina's Panem Quotidianum series draws on historical accounting records (1918–1930) from a Piedmontese winery. The names of customers and their purchases — red wine, anchovies, essential goods — are interspersed with hand-printed linoleum-cut images of tableware. The page number determines the title of the work. The work explores the heritage, identity and social dimension of the meal as a space for relationship and sharing.

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

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

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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