India artist Anish Kapoor has caused outrage among artists after illegally acquiring the ‘world’s pinkest pink’ pigment PINK that he is forbidden from using.
Courtesy of Stuart Semple
In November last year, British artist, Stuart Semple crafted PINK, a special pink pigment that was later dubbed the 'pinkest of pinks'. The project was in retilation to Kapoor using the world’s blackest pigment ‘Vantablack’ which he bought from a company called Nanosystems. The pigment is used by Nasa and the military with an absorption of 99.6 per cent of light.
Courtesy of Stuart Semple
Artists from all around the world were distraught that he was the only one that could use the pigment so Semple stepped in to give him 'a taste of his own medicine’.
Kapoor posted a photo on his instagram with his hands dipped in the PINK pigment and his middle finger sticking up. He stated ‘Up yours #pink’.
Although the website has made every effort to require consumers to confirm that the ‘paint will not make its way to the hands of Anish Kapoor’ it does not seem to have stopped the artist from getting his hands on it.
Courtesy of Stuart Semple
Semple is upset by the news and hopes that he artist would at the very least apologise for his actions. Uproar was caused on Instagram with commentators describing it as ‘petty’ and more recently with the circulation of hashtag #sharetheblack.
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