Kicker: Fresh coat

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NICK EICHER, HOST: Most museums preserve masterpieces.

This one had to remake one, one trowel-full of peanut butter at a time.

Would you have ever guessed? It’s a modern art exhibit in the Netherlands called “Peanut Butter Floor.”

The title pretty much tells it.

Museum director Sandra Kisters:

KISTERS: It’s an absurd artwork. It also questions what art is. It's funny. In the Netherlands, every child eats peanut butter, so it’s also something people can relate to.

Robert Knoop is one of the men recreating the exhibit on his hands and knees.

KNOOP: Everything is covered in peanut butter, and I’m used to licking peanut butter off my fingers by now.

The exhibit raises the question, “What is art?”

Of course, I lack the sophistication to judge.

But bring me some bread and jam, and I can tell you what’s for lunch.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

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