Celebrating Nancy’s birthday with a homemade pb and j cake—okay, almond and raspberry, but close enough.
Over thirty years before I was put on this earth to preach the power of PB (and J), artist Wim T. Schippers was spreading the word (quite literally). Well, his message is about to reach a new generation this spring, when Schippers’ 1962 work “Peanut Butter Platform”—essentially a floor smothered in heaven paste—will be reinstalled at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
According to the artist, his underlying mission is to reveal the lack of meaning in things, while at the same time proving that acts such as this are “worth the effort.” Meaning and effort aside, I’d just like to know when this piece goes on the auction block at Sotheby’s—I’ll be in the front row with an eager paddle and a vat of Smucker’s.
Art! PB&J! Together for three days only! My worlds are about to collide, my wildest dreams are about to be fulfilled, and I have Openhouse Gallery, Peanut Butter and Co., and The Nutropolitan Museum of Art to thank.
Liddabit Sweets, you had me at “homemade PB & J candy bar.” And our love affair will deepen when you arrive at my doorstep in five to seven business days.
