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James Leonard - Image of a slice of pie about to be moved onto a patterned plate, for the participatory piece, My Mother's Dutch Apple Pie
James Leonard - My Mother's Dutch Apple Pie (host at serving station)
James Leonard - My Mother's Dutch Apple Pie (child participant, eating)
James Leonard - Image of a slice of pie about to be moved onto a patterned plate, for the participatory piece, My Mother's Dutch Apple Pie
James Leonard - My Mother's Dutch Apple Pie (host at serving station)
James Leonard - My Mother's Dutch Apple Pie (child participant, eating)

My Mother's Dutch Apple Pie

Not For Sale

2004
Performance and offering
Duration variable
Detail of a slice of pie being handed over from server to consumer-James Leonard's My Mother's Dutch Apple Pie, 2004
Kitchen image mid-process of making pie featured in James Leonard's My Mother's Dutch Apple Pie offering, 2004
Pie ingredients assembled in kitchen-for the making of James Leonard's My Mother's Dutch Apple Pie, 2004

This artwork grants free slices of Dutch apple pie, baked by the artist’s mother, to the general public. Constraints dictate the serving of each pie, echoing customs of the artist’s childhood home. The pie is served on plates with flatware from his mother’s cupboard; only eight sets are in circulation at any one time. A singular pie sits upon the serving station at which a host dressed in an apron greets visitors by asking, “Would you like a piece of James Leonard’s mother’s Dutch apple pie?”

Hand written recipe card by the mother of James Leonard-listing instructions for the making of her Dutch apple pie