#the world's mattest blackest paint

[buckevantommy]

“Someone once told me: nothing good can come out of spite. How wrong they were!" 

#sharetheblack

It comes in 3 different sizes: 150ml, 1L, 6L (although I'm not sure about the larger sizes since there's a 5 item limit per customer atm) 

Black 4.0 is available exclusively from Culture Hustle and with thanks to Stuart Semple's tireless efforts and the help of artists from around the world

https://culturehustle.com/products/black-4-0

[hog-wif]

So I got a bottle of the world's mattest, blackest ink™️, and on one hand it's matte and black as shit compared to my India ink, but on the other hand it's kinda whatever.

You can't see it exactly through the picture, but frankly it's kinda hard to see in person too. You can kinda get it

I tried painting with them (and my fairy forest glitter ink, for the stated reasons) and you can see it better, but still¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[deoffal-mp-adm7000-n-s1-2022]

Prototype black space test (Digitally edited photos of the first mock):

Here are some simple edits of my mock exhibition photographs, I edited them with a simple preinstalled painting tool that comes with the image editing software, typically for marking up a photo, I instead have used it to censor the white here to great effect, I already prefer the black background and can see it taking off as a successful image in public material, especially once the lights are on and the the whites of each piece make the spiral more obscurely visible and natural against the abyss behind it, all I would need in reality is a deeply matt black paint, maybe even a Black 2.0 from Stuart Semple’s range to really get the most blackest background, in attempt to work similarly to Anish Kapoor when considering how important a good black can be when doing an installation, but that may be too rich for my blood as of yet so I’ll have to do my research into paint choices for now. This black being cited here for research purposes:

https://culturehustle.com/products/black-v1-0-beta-the-world-s-mattest-flattest-blackest-art-material?variant=41435474657438

(This black being chosen as it’s somewhat more cheaper and accessible to an individual such as myself, compared to 3.0, it’s just slightly easier to get hold of too)

I’m only making this a post in of itself after a conversation with Mona about the idea of changing the background to a black one to give the show even more bite, this is highly understandable as noted in the last post due to how the pieces would always have a white spiral between them and this may draw the eye a little too much and just be the wrong kind of off putting. I am doing my best to consider this argument and with limited time and no time like the present I have done these mocks to save doing too many large scale tests in a physical space with black paint as that would lose me a day and only need to be changed for the final show anyway, as my final installation placement is far from being agreed upon as I write these notes. The whitish box to the side of my mock would be where the caption sign and business card box would be, something I’ll dedicate time to closer to the show as all I’ll need to do is make a small housing box for my limited edition cards and next to it on some cheap and easy to acquire board, my authorship and a simplified artist statement or description of the installation, maybe even a mesh of the two, I am still yet to name this installation, as I don’t want to copy Junji Ito and call it “Uzumaki” but a simple enough title and representation in my own tongue would be just as good, maybe something cited from Lovecraft or even from uzumaki, either way I’m sure it’ll come to me soon enough and seldom need over complicating due it’s simple design in reality. The varying angles chosen for this post are to keep the importance of seduction on the table, I want the installation to hook people from an empty, crowded, low lighted, bright lighted and abandoned room altogether, that’s the power of achromaticity and the draw of the whites in each piece, it really has the potential to snare the audience in a room of coloured art works and brown floorboards, simply because it’s just so extra-terrestrial and abhuman, uncanny even for a contemporary art show to have such a mixture of a simple black background and ornate heavily detailed portraits layered over the top of it, it has an alternative and underground quality that I think really helps to light it off the wall, all I would need is a black paint strong enough to really add to this effort and allow the works to really stand out in the overall showcase, that would have to be the greatest and least exciting part of setting up the show. Having a black background just naturally looks so much more drawing and unconsciously mysterious, like something out of the twilight zone opening atmosphere, that of a somewhat cosmic connection made far more relevant for the use of black in the background, black and white being the two principles of the installation itself and so it would be rotten of me not to really make the most of this opportunity not to get the right black. With the background absorbing the light and with a proper rejig of the lights at the top of the installation I’m sure I could light the entire spiral and really pop my portraits off the wall, here’s hoping I can do some more mocks in my new test space and give even more proper coverage to this current challenge of mine. 

[dragonheartetk]

So you can purchase this paint, known as Black 2.0 here https://www.culturehustleusa.com/products/black-v1-0-beta-the-world-s-mattest-flattest-blackest-art-material

But the really funny thing is what you find at the bottom:

This is next-level spite.

GUYS

[notblixabargeldsdiary]

Mein haus vill finally get ein much needed paint job!

[ririruby]

The battle for the blackest black rages on. In one corner, you have Vantablack, touted as the blackest black substance in existence. And in the other, artists who want access to Vantablack in order to create the blackest paint. Unfortunately, when British artist Anish Kapoor co-opted exclusive rights to the pigment, many an artistic dream was dashed. That is, until fellow Brit Stuart Semple joined the fray.

Semple struck back, creating a collection of colors that Kapoor is banned from purchasing. This ranges from the “world's pinkest pink” and “greenest green” to his pièce de résistance, Black 2.0. This affordably priced (150 ml costs about $15) acrylic paint is black cherry scented and held together with Semple's heavy duty Super Base, which binds the pigment.

To buy what is hailed as “the most pigmented, flattest, mattest, black acrylic paint in the world” clients are actually asked to certify 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 its way into the hands of Anish Kapoor.”

Cheekiness aside, Semple admits that while Black 2.0 isn't the blackest black in the world, it will give the black hole effect you're after and ships worldwide. And just to get in one last shot, “it is however a better black than the blackest black in the world as it is actually usable by artists.”

Black 2.0, as well as other specialty pigments, can be purchased via Semple's Culture Hustle website.

Best update to the story of the century, I aim to be like this guy.

[peoplemask]

IT GOT BETTER

Previously on the world’s pettiest art fight: 

http://www.thefrisky.com/2016-12-27/this-artist-feud-reached-an-extreme-level-of-pettiness-that-we-are-down-to-watch/

https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/anish-kapoor-banned-from-worlds-most-glittery-glitter

[hannahlockart-blog]

I started painting a large piece of board with Stuart Semple’s Black 2.0 paint today. This board had been primed with multiple layers of the Hard Sandable primer that I used for the other paintings - between each layer of primer I sanded and it has created a really smooth surface for the black paint. I have really enjoyed painting with this black - it really is incredibly black and as it has been drying I am noticing how flat it is. It has only required one coat of paint and I have noticed that it is quite tricky to look at it for a long period of time. 

Due to the acrylic polymers and special binders, the paint reduces light reflection and I feel that, when looking at it, you can sense the omission of light. The paint was tested to see how much light is reflected from it and it was “almost a whole percentage less reflective than the standard for black over the visible spectrum”. I think that this will be really exciting to exhibit with a line painting on top of it - I feel that the ultra-matte and incredibly black finish will create a void-like square on the wall and the sense of depth will be intriguing. I am thinking of using an incredibly bright, almost acid, yellow for the lines and drawing them with a 0.8mm marker as I feel that this colour will completely jump out at the viewer especially as it will be on top of the blackest black.

https://culturehustle.com/products/black-v1-0-beta-the-world-s-mattest-flattest-blackest-art-material

[weburbanist]

Mattest & Flattest: Blackest Paint You Can Buy Turns Solids into Voids

Mattest & Flattest: Blackest Paint You Can Buy Turns Solids into Voids

In a weird ongoing war over the blackest black and pinkest pink in the world, a new contender has hit the market — and unlike Vantablack, anyone can purchase some to make really dark artwork (great for black holes!).

Stuart Semple’s blackest salvo to date in this pigment war is Black 2.0, which can create mesmerizing effects in real life that also translate to images and videos. In them,…

[nofomoartworld]

Anish Kapoor Banned Again, Now From Color-Changing Rainbow Paints

The "color war" between British artists Stuart Semple and Anish Kapoor has entered a new, rainbow-hued round of conflict. It all started back when Kapoor got exclusive rights to use Vantablack paint, the blackest of blacks, and wouldn't share it with other artists. Semple retorted by making the pinkest pink, which anyone could buy except Kapoor. Kapoor, however, got his hands on it, well, his middle finger, and Semple made more products that could be bought by anyone but Kapoor, like the glitteriest glitter, the mattest black, and more.

Now, the latest twist has seen Semple create a color-changing rainbow paint. Well, two color-changing rainbow paints called Shift and Phaze. Of course, Kapoor is again barred from buying them, but this time it's not because of the Vantablack hoarding, it's in support of the neighbors of Kapoor's studio in Camberwell, London. The residents, who have launched a petition against Kapoor, say that a planned extension, an extra floor, to his studio will block "our precious light & view, a valuable thing in our crowded city."

The residents got in contact with Semple, who used to live and have a studio in Camberwell, and asked if he might lend his support, which he did by launching the two paints.

The Shift paint has been made using a type of Chiral Nematic liquid crystal Semple's studio says is a "living substance, more expensive than gold." They explain, "There are over 250 different kinds of liquid crystals, they all have different characteristics — some change color, some copulate. Stuart chose this particular strain as, even though it's extremely expensive and quite rare, it has the best color potency. It shifts through the spectrum between 24 degrees and 28 degrees." The paint is made to be used over Semple's matte Black 2.0.

The Phaze paint, meanwhile, combines two pigments, Semple's pinkest pink and a pigment used in his Purple Haze paint. At 28 degrees, the purple color disappears leaving the pinkest pink. The artist initially developed both colors for a series of sculptures he's working on. Now he's also lent them to this cause.

The rainbow paints are pitched as the "final blow in [the] Anish Kapoor art war," which has seen Semple respond to Kapoor's procuring of the pinkest pink with a letter to the Lisson Gallery. The gallery purchased the paint for the artist, so Semple asked in a tongue-in-cheek letter for an apology, or the return of the pink, or for Kapoor to share Vantablack.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for Kapoor responded to a Buzzfeed News article about the pinkest pink with, "This product is using Anish Kapoor's name as a promotion tool. We have now put this matter to our lawyers who will take appropriate action."

Image courtesy Stuart Semple / CultureHustle.com

It's not known if any action has yet been taken. As for Semple, he says the artistic community has responded with support. "It's been amazing. I can't quite believe how many people are making amazing things with the materials," he tells Creators. "Stuff I'd never even thought would be possible! Every time I see a new piece of work on the #sharetheblack hashtag I feel so excited, and I know that it proves to Kapoor and the creators of Vantablack that color hoarding and robbing are wrong. It shows that as a community, artists together can push things forward. There really is a nicer way to go about things than marauding round like elitist rotters." See more of Stuart Semple's work at his website. Visit Culture Hustle if you want to purchase the Phaze or Shift paints.

Related:

Anish Kapoor is Banned From Buying the World's Pinkest Paint

Anish Kapoor Is Now Banned From Buying the World's Most Glittery Glitter

The World's "Mattest, Flattest Black" Acrylic Paint Is Available to All—Except Anish Kapoor

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[miilkfed]

To buy what is hailed as “the most pigmented, flattest, mattest, black acrylic paint in the world” clients are actually asked to certify 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 its way into the hands of Anish Kapoor.”

[uroft-blog]

BLACK 2.0: The World’s “Mattest And Flattest” Black Paint Is Finally Available To All, And Costs Less Than You Think

BLACK 2.0: The World’s “Mattest And Flattest” Black Paint Is Finally Available To All, And Costs Less Than You Think

Finally, I can paint my surroundings to reflect my dark soul. British artist Stuart Semple has developed a batch of super-black paint that’s also affordable and easily accessible for every artist!

You might recall Surrey NanoSystems’ “world’s blackest color” pigment Vantablack which is regarded as the blackest material in the world, but it costs a lot, users outside the UK require a government…

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Stuart Semple creates cherry-scented version of Anish Kapoor's Vantablack

Artist Stuart Semple has revealed his latest creation in an ongoing colour battle with Anish Kapoor – an "open source" cherry-scented version of the Vantablack pigment exclusively licensed to Kapoor.

The Black 1.0 Beta pigment is described by Semple as the "flattest, mattest, blackest art material on the planet", and can be purchased by anyone – excluding Kapoor – for £16.99.

It comes in two parts – a super-black matt pigment and an acrylic copolymer base that smells of black cherry.

The release of the pigment follows an ongoing colour feud between Kapoor and Semple, which began when Kapoor secured exclusive rights to use VantaBlack in artworks.

Recently, Semple released the "world's pinkest pink" and banned Kapoor from using it. However, the artist got his hands on it and posted a picture of his middle finger dipped in the paint to his Instagram account with the caption "Up yours #pink".

"This whole colour war has gone too far," Semple said. "He's hoarding the black to make wristwatches, run off with my Pink and given everyone the finger. We've got a better black now so it’s time to bury the hate."

Although Semple's version of Vantablack is still in its testing phase, he hopes that the artist community will experiment and help him make it as strong as its exclusive counterpart.

Related story

Anish Kapoor receives exclusive rights to blackest black in the world

"Black V1.0 Beta is also the world's first open-source art material, with the pigment separated from its base to give artists an almost infinite set of possibilities in creating their own paints," said the artist.

As with the Pink pigment, it will be sold on the artist's website. But customers must confirm that the "paint will not make its way into the hands of Anish Kapoor".

They are 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."

Kapoor's Vantablack is currently the blackest substance known – so dark that it absorbs 99.96 per cent of light.

Vantablack is made up of a series of microscopic vertical tubes. When light strikes the pigment, it becomes trapped instead of bouncing off, and is continually deflected between the tubes.

Related story

Anish Kapoor flaunts use of "world's pinkest pink" despite personal ban from its creator

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.

However this has sparked outrage amongst other artists, including English painter Christian Furr – who told the Mail on Sunday that he felt Kapoor was "monopolising the material".

"I've never heard of an artist monopolising a material. Using pure black in an artwork grounds it," he said. "All the best artists have had a thing for pure black – Turner, Manet, Goya. This black is like dynamite in the art world."

Anish Kapoor was born in India in 1954, and came to Britain in the 1970s. His previous works include a series of womb-like orbs in the Paris' Grand Palais, and an inflatable mobile concert hall for earthquake-affected areas.

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Stuart Semple creates cherry-scented version of Anish Kapoor's Vantablack

Artist Stuart Semple has revealed his latest creation in an ongoing colour battle with Anish Kapoor – an "open source" cherry-scented version of the Vantablack pigment exclusively licensed to Kapoor.

The Black 1.0 Beta pigment is described by Semple as the "flattest, mattest, blackest art material on the planet", and can be purchased by anyone – excluding Kapoor – for £16.99.

It comes in two parts – a super-black matt pigment and an acrylic copolymer base that smells of black cherry.

The release of the pigment follows an ongoing colour feud between Kapoor and Semple, which began when Kapoor secured exclusive rights to use VantaBlack in artworks.

Recently, Semple released the "world's pinkest pink" and banned Kapoor from using it. However, the artist got his hands on it and posted a picture of his middle finger dipped in the paint to his Instagram account with the caption "Up yours #pink".

"This whole colour war has gone too far," Semple said. "He's hoarding the black to make wristwatches, run off with my Pink and given everyone the finger. We've got a better black now so it’s time to bury the hate."

Although Semple's version of Vantablack is still in its testing phase, he hopes that the artist community will experiment and help him make it as strong as its exclusive counterpart.

Related story

Anish Kapoor receives exclusive rights to blackest black in the world

"Black V1.0 Beta is also the world's first open-source art material, with the pigment separated from its base to give artists an almost infinite set of possibilities in creating their own paints," said the artist.

As with the Pink pigment, it will be sold on the artist's website. But customers must confirm that the "paint will not make its way into the hands of Anish Kapoor".

They are 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."

Kapoor's Vantablack is currently the blackest substance known – so dark that it absorbs 99.96 per cent of light.

Vantablack is made up of a series of microscopic vertical tubes. When light strikes the pigment, it becomes trapped instead of bouncing off, and is continually deflected between the tubes.

Related story

Anish Kapoor flaunts use of "world's pinkest pink" despite personal ban from its creator

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.

However this has sparked outrage amongst other artists, including English painter Christian Furr – who told the Mail on Sunday that he felt Kapoor was "monopolising the material".

"I've never heard of an artist monopolising a material. Using pure black in an artwork grounds it," he said. "All the best artists have had a thing for pure black – Turner, Manet, Goya. This black is like dynamite in the art world."

Anish Kapoor was born in India in 1954, and came to Britain in the 1970s. His previous works include a series of womb-like orbs in the Paris' Grand Palais, and an inflatable mobile concert hall for earthquake-affected areas.

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