{"id":15349,"date":"2017-02-09T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=15349"},"modified":"2017-02-09T14:04:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T14:04:35","slug":"the-pigment-war-sharetheblack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/the-pigment-war-sharetheblack\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pigment War: #ShareTheBlack"},"content":{"rendered":"
These past few months, we\u2019ve had our eyes glued to the art world\u2019s latest petty spat: Stuart Semple vs. Anish Kapoor. Popcorn in hand, we’re watching this go down\u00a0the only way a true modern catfight goes down: on Instagram. Seriously, when there\u2019s a hashtag about it, you know it\u2019s for real.<\/p>\n
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Let\u2019s catch you up: it all started after artist Anish Kapoor bought the exclusive rights to Vantablack, a pigment said to be the blackest shade of black ever created. It was developed by British company NanoSystems for military purposes and astronomy equipment, but the company allowed Kapoor to be the only artist able to use it. Plenty of artists want to work with this special pigment, but can\u2019t. Because Kapoor won\u2019t share.<\/p>\n
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Enter Stuart Semple: upset with Kapoor\u2019s \u201cselfishness,\u201d he called on \u201crotter\u201d Kapoor to #ShareTheBlack, employing a protest hashtag against the artist\u2019s monopoly of the black shade. Kapoor, showing no remorse, then posted photos of his Vantablack use on Instagram.<\/p>\n
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