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Dutch Museum Covers Floor in Peanut Butter to Honor Late Artist
Museum staff spread 390 kilograms of smooth peanut butter under a 20-point plan left by the late artist.
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Netherlands, reopens the "Pindakaasvloer" to the public Friday for a two-month show, honoring late Dutch artist Wim Schippers.
- Schippers, who died last month, first created this work in 1969 as part of his "Floor Covering Series" and voiced Ernie and Kermit the Frog in the Dutch version of "Sesame Street."
- Two employees spent last week spreading 40 buckets of peanut butter across a 25-square-meter hexagon, using drywall trowels to apply the mixture to a 2-centimeter thickness.
- The installation utilizes more than 800 pounds of peanut butter—enough for around 15,000 sandwiches—and Calvé donated supplies for the 270-square-foot display, previously shown at the Central Museum in Utrecht.
- In 1997, visitors "vandalized" the work by placing bread and chocolate sprinkles on the floor; the piece remains remembered for its pungent scent and absurdist nature challenging conventional art ideas.
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Enough peanut butter to cover 15,000 sandwiches has been spread on the floor of a museum in the Netherlands. The reason? To honor a deceased artist.
Tribute made of peanut butter
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — More than 800 pounds of peanut butter — enough for around 15,000 sandwiches — has been spread across the floor of a museum in the Netherlands in tribute to Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers, who died last month.
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Two museum employees spent several days carefully laying out 40 peanut butter jars in a special tribute to Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers, who died on June 10.
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