Stuart Semple has released the "flattest, mattest, black acrylic paint in the world" and banned Anish Kapoor from using it, as the latest development in an ongoing feud between the two British artists.
Described as a "black hole in a bottle", Semple's new Kickstarter-funded pigment absorbs between 98 and 99 per cent of visible light. It is available to buy from the artist's Kickstarter page to anyone except Kapoor.
Black 3.0 is one sale at the artist's online store to anyone except Anish Kapoor
A disclaimer online states that customers must confirm the "paint will not make its way into the hands of Anish Kapoor".
They are also obliged to agree to a legal declaration that states: "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." Feud started when Kapoor won exclusive rights to Vantablack
The artists have been feuding since 2016 when Kapoor received exclusive rights to the Vantablack pigment, said to be the blackest shade of black ever created.
In retaliation, Semple created the "pinkest pink" paint pigment and banned Kapoor from purchasing it, shortly followed by his Faze colour-changing paint. Now the British artist has done the same thing with Black 3.0.
Black 3.0 is not as true a black
Black 3.0 is technically not as black as Vantablack, which absorbs 99.6 per cent of light across the visible, UV and inf...