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There's a lot of backstory to this... it's a dig against Vantablack, which Anish Kapoor (famous sculptor) managed to buy exclusive rights for using in art: htt

There's a lot of backstory to this... it's a dig against Vantablack, which Anish Kapoor (famous sculptor) managed to buy exclusive rights for using in art: https://www.wired.com/story/vantablack-anish-kapoor-stuart-semple/ https://www.wired.com/story/vantablack-anish-kapoor-stuart-s...

jchw 5y ago
Indeed, and it looks like 3.0 still maintains this feud: > *Note: By adding this product to your cart you confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor, you are in no way affiliated to Anish Kapoor, you are not purchasing this item on behalf of Anish Kapoor or an associate of Anish Kapoor. To the best of your knowledge, information and belief this material will not make it's way into the hands of Anish Kapoor.
- katabatic 5y ago
  Dragging Anish Kapoor never, ever gets old.
  - adrusi 5y ago
    That's, I think, a deliberate facet of Kapoor's art.
fennecfoxen 5y ago
For those who haven't heard of him before, Kapoor did the Bean in Chicago.
- ThePadawan 5y ago
  Just bear with me here. Wouldn't it be funny if people only knew him as the guy famously slammed for getting a monopoly on Vantablack? If at all.
  - kwhitefoot 5y ago
    Apart from a wonky bit of space frame crap the black colour foolishness is in fact all I know about him.
- IncRnd 5y ago
  Apparently he has done tons of work. His website is a straight list of image links left to right and up & down. https://anishkapoor.com/ https://anishkapoor.com/
- tmmx 5y ago
  Anish Kapoor is not happy that people are calling it the bean. Cloudgate is the official name.
  - _jal 5y ago
    ...Another good reason to call it the bean.
  - blamazon 5y ago
    Ah, so you mean the official name is “the bean”?
  - bbarnett 5y ago
    The Amish grow lots of beans, and I doubt they like nanotubes.
  - inlikealamb 5y ago
    Most people will remember Anish Kapoor as the bean guy
SamBam 5y ago
I misread this (ambiguous) line at first > In 2017, Semple also released a cherry-scented version of the Vantablack pigment exclusively licensed to Kapoor. and thought that Semple had mixed cherry-scent with Vantablack and licensed it to Kapoor exclusively. It would have been an interesting move, particularly from a legal perspective, although I would have expected a different scent than cherry...

jchw 5y ago

Indeed, and it looks like 3.0 still maintains this feud: > *Note: By adding this product to your cart you confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor, you are in no way affiliated to Anish Kapoor, you are not purchasing this item on behalf of Anish Kapoor or an associate of Anish Kapoor. To the best of your knowledge, information and belief this material will not make it's way into the hands of Anish Kapoor.

katabatic 5y ago
Dragging Anish Kapoor never, ever gets old.
- adrusi 5y ago
  That's, I think, a deliberate facet of Kapoor's art.

fennecfoxen 5y ago

For those who haven't heard of him before, Kapoor did the Bean in Chicago.

ThePadawan 5y ago
Just bear with me here. Wouldn't it be funny if people only knew him as the guy famously slammed for getting a monopoly on Vantablack? If at all.
- kwhitefoot 5y ago
  Apart from a wonky bit of space frame crap the black colour foolishness is in fact all I know about him.
IncRnd 5y ago
Apparently he has done tons of work. His website is a straight list of image links left to right and up & down. https://anishkapoor.com/ https://anishkapoor.com/
tmmx 5y ago
Anish Kapoor is not happy that people are calling it the bean. Cloudgate is the official name.
- _jal 5y ago
  ...Another good reason to call it the bean.
- blamazon 5y ago
  Ah, so you mean the official name is “the bean”?
- bbarnett 5y ago
  The Amish grow lots of beans, and I doubt they like nanotubes.
- inlikealamb 5y ago
  Most people will remember Anish Kapoor as the bean guy

SamBam 5y ago

I misread this (ambiguous) line at first > In 2017, Semple also released a cherry-scented version of the Vantablack pigment exclusively licensed to Kapoor. and thought that Semple had mixed cherry-scent with Vantablack and licensed it to Kapoor exclusively. It would have been an interesting move, particularly from a legal perspective, although I would have expected a different scent than cherry...