The company that makes the paint version of VantaBlack licensed it only to one guy to use, the art community felt that was unfair. Thus the pink, and I think a new black etc.etc.
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Flipper@feddit.org 14 hours agoI’m getting the feeling he really doesn’t like Anish. Every page I’ve looked at has Anish mentioned. The anal apocalypse is especially for him. The glow in the dark pigment is free, if you can prove that you are associated with him to share the light.
Do they have some big feud going on?
BCsven@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
does anyone like Anish Kapoor?
lime@feddit.nu 14 hours ago
most artists dislike the entire idea of copyrighting a color for the singular purpose of limiting its use to one person. some people care more about copyrights than others.
oasis@piefed.social 13 hours ago
Pretty sure vantablack was patented not copyrighted.
It's also possible that is wasn't either and just was really hard to produce.
Afaik vantablack isn't really designed to be be painted and requires quite specialised equipment.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
They sell it as a paint, however : “Controversy arose when Surrey Nanosystems granted Anish Kapoor exclusive rights to use Vantablack in artistic applications. Many artists voiced opposition to his monopoly over the substance.”
blargh513@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Thats the beef. If you try to get or use it, Amish Kapoor will typically take legal action.
Also, hes never really made any compelling art with it either.
He’s the guy who made that big silver sculpture in Chicago. He intensely dislikes that everyone calls it The Bean because he named it Cloud Gate. Really, he made a giant sculpture in a public place that is shaped like a massive shiny kidney bean and is big mad that people call it a bean. Seems like hes kind of a thin skinned baby.