*Gordon Ramsay voice* “This steak is so pink, Anish Kapoor isn’t allowed to have it!”
GUYS
holy sh*t
what. WHAT
Kapoor: *Being a jerk and not sharing*
Semple: “So I just got a degree in nanotechnology specifically for this and anyway everyone have some paint”
Semple: a God amongst Men
DID SEMPLE JUST FUCKING CREATE A BETTER VANTABLACK
stuart semples still at it, fighting the war against anish kapoor
I’m a little frustrated that people think Stuart Semple is just putting these colors out because of Anish Kapoor.
Stuart Semple has been working on these pigments for years. He has spent a lot of time and energy creating these pigments + a line of acrylic paints. The popularity of Pink BECAUSE of the Kapoor feud has given him the monetary support necessary to produce the rest of these pigments and the glitter. But he’s been working on them and trying to get them made for a very long time.
Like by all means, continue to support Semple. Continue to get enjoyment/entertainment out of this feud. But give credit where credit is due - Semple spent years working on this, he didn’t churn it out in a week becuase of Kapoor.That’s actually neat to know, because it kinda did look that way. I appreciate you letting us know!
to summarize:
•Anish Kapoor gets exclusive rights to use Vantablack, the world’s “blackest black” pigment, which understandably upsets a lot of artists
•Stuart Semple responds by creating Pink, the world’s “pinkest pink” pigment, which he makes legally available to everyone except for Anish Kapoor
•Kapoor somehow gets ahold of Pink and posts an Instagram photo of his middle finger dunked in the pigment that Semple had banned him from using
•Semple gets ahold of Vantablack and posts an Instagram video of his hand making the peace sign with his fingers coated in Vantablack
•During this time, Semple also releases Diamond Dust, the “most glittery glitter,” again available to everyone EXCEPT Anish KapoorThe best thing about Diamond Dust is that it’s made from actual shards of glass so Anish can’t just stick his middle finger in it again
This petty art feud is actually starting to look like it could be one of the most important pieces of performance art of the 21st century
Updates since this article was published:
- Semple finds out who gave Kapoor the pink
- Semple tweets about being “back in the lab” and “fighting the void with the rainbow”, with a picture of green pigment
- Semple posts pictures of both green and yellow pigments on Instagram
- The creator of Vantablack comments on the Instagram video of Semple’s fingers coated in it saying that couldn’t actually be Vantablack
- Semple apparently proves it to the creator’s satisfaction by adding clips of it being applied to his Snapchat story