This article originally appeared on artnet News. Anish Kapoor provoked the fury of fellow artists by acquiring the exclusive rights to the blackest black in the world. Known as Vantablack, the pigment is so dark that it absorbs 99.96 percent of light. The color is produced by the UK firm Surrey NanoSystems and was developed for military purposes such as the painting of stealth jets. The Indian-born British artist has been working and experimenting with the “super black" paint since 2014 and ha...
Anish Kapoor Angers Artists By Seizing Exclusive Rights To 'Blackest Black' Pigment
The Huffington Post - 29 Feb 2016 20:41
This article originally appeared on artnet News. Anish Kapoor provoked the fury of fellow artists by acquiring the exclusive rights to the blackest black in the world. Known as Vantablack, the pigment is so dark that it absorbs 99.96 percent of light. The color is produced by the UK firm Surrey NanoSystems and was developed for military purposes such as the painting of stealth jets. The Indian-born British artist has been working and experimenting with the “super black" paint since 2014 and ha...
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