🔸 Technique : Sculpted aluminum on engraved wood 🔸 Dimensions : 204 x 100 cm 🔸 Price : €8,000 🔸 Unique original artwork – Certificate of authenticity provided
In Ancient Bread Recipe , Fausto Borge explores the memory of human gestures through a mysterious language, sculpted directly into the material. Against a background of engraved wood, worked like terracotta burned by fire, unfold aluminum symbols, each one individually molded like small metallic relics. Each symbol seems to come from a forgotten alphabet, evoking both early writing and the ritual marks engraved by ancient civilizations.
The whole piece evokes an archaeological tablet, a document passed down through the ages, bearing a “recipe,” not only culinary, but essential—the one that connects humanity to its origins, to sharing, to sustenance. The contrast between the organic warmth of the support and the coldness of the metal creates an intense dialogue between archaism and modernity, between ashes and fusion, between memory and survival.
The old bread recipe functions as a metaphor: this illegible, almost sacred text perpetuates an intangible tradition. Through its monumental verticality and enigmatic writing, the work challenges as much as it resonates internally, inviting the viewer to project their own narratives and rediscover the fundamental act of nourishing.
