Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands has recreated a conceptual artwork by spreading more than 800 pounds of peanut butter across one of its floors.
A tribute to Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers, who died last month, the art installation recreates his Pindakaasvloer work, or Peanut Butter Floor.
The conceptual artist died at the age of 83 on 10 June. He first created Pindakaasvloer in 1962.
Two employees at the museum, named "peanut butter plasterers", spent two days spreading 40 tubs of smooth peanut butter across a 25-square-metre hexagon using plastering tools.
“It was a lot of work,” Leon Duenk, who helped recreate the artwork, told the Associated Press.
To recreate the piece, the museum used Schippers' most recent instructions, which include directions to apply the peanut butter as smoothly and monotonously as possible.
Donated by Dutch brand Calvé, the peanut butter used was equivalent to 15,000 sandwiches. The Calvé brand was Schippers' preferred choice "because it spreads so nicely".
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands has spread more than 800 pounds of peanut butter across one of its floors
Sandra Kisters, acting director of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, said Schippers "used art to make people think, but always had a light touch".
"His Peanut Butter Floor still raises questions like, is this art? Am I allowed to like this? And it is this sense of bewilderment that makes this piece so special," she added.
"We regard it as a great honour to be able to present this unique artwork in his memory.''
The artwork is on view at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen's Depot building through 6 September.
Images courtesy of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Raaf Blanker
