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Seems to be related to this issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor#Vantablack_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor#Vantablack_contr

Seems to be related to this issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor#Vantablack_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor#Vantablack_contro...

Nezteb 3y ago
This should be the top comment of the thread. I wouldn’t have had any idea what was going on otherwise.
- ale42 3y ago
  It is a the top, at least now on my PC ;-)
Jugurtha 3y ago
This is so funny. >Artists like Christian Furr and Stuart Semple have criticised Kapoor for what they view to be the appropriation of a unique material to the exclusion of others.[69][70] In retaliation, Semple developed a pigment called the "pinkest pink" and specifically made it available to everyone except Anish Kapoor and anyone affiliated with him.[71][72] He later stated that the move was itself intended as something like performance art and that he did not anticipate the amount of attention it received.[67] In December 2016, Kapoor obtained the pigment and posted an image on Instagram of his extended middle finger which had been dipped in Semple's pink.[73] Semple also developed more products such as "Black 2.0" and "Black 3.0", which are supposed to look nearly identical to Vantablack despite being acrylic, and "Diamond Dust", an extremely reflective glitter made of crushed glass shards that are designed to hurt Kapoor if he dipped his finger in it
- kevincox 3y ago
  > In December 2016, Kapoor obtained the pigment and posted an image on Instagram of his extended middle finger which had been dipped in Semple's pink. Excellent phrasing.
- dtx1 3y ago
  That still seems like done in good spirit.
asah 3y ago
IMHO he should 'graduate' from this controversy - Stuart Semple is his own brand at this point, and arguably bigger than Anish Kapoor (in the retail space).
- mschuster91 3y ago
  It's worth it for the meme factor.
  - autoexec 3y ago
    It's worth it to help make sure the world never forgets what a dick Anish Kapoor is.

Seems to be related to this issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor#Vantablack_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor#Vantablack_contro...

Nezteb 3y ago

This should be the top comment of the thread. I wouldn’t have had any idea what was going on otherwise.

ale42 3y ago
It is a the top, at least now on my PC ;-)

Jugurtha 3y ago

This is so funny. >Artists like Christian Furr and Stuart Semple have criticised Kapoor for what they view to be the appropriation of a unique material to the exclusion of others.[69][70] In retaliation, Semple developed a pigment called the "pinkest pink" and specifically made it available to everyone except Anish Kapoor and anyone affiliated with him.[71][72] He later stated that the move was itself intended as something like performance art and that he did not anticipate the amount of attention it received.[67] In December 2016, Kapoor obtained the pigment and posted an image on Instagram of his extended middle finger which had been dipped in Semple's pink.[73] Semple also developed more products such as "Black 2.0" and "Black 3.0", which are supposed to look nearly identical to Vantablack despite being acrylic, and "Diamond Dust", an extremely reflective glitter made of crushed glass shards that are designed to hurt Kapoor if he dipped his finger in it

kevincox 3y ago
> In December 2016, Kapoor obtained the pigment and posted an image on Instagram of his extended middle finger which had been dipped in Semple's pink. Excellent phrasing.
dtx1 3y ago
That still seems like done in good spirit.

asah 3y ago

IMHO he should 'graduate' from this controversy - Stuart Semple is his own brand at this point, and arguably bigger than Anish Kapoor (in the retail space).

mschuster91 3y ago
It's worth it for the meme factor.
- autoexec 3y ago
  It's worth it to help make sure the world never forgets what a dick Anish Kapoor is.