Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint

Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by inlikealamb on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:22AM (#27883633)

There's a lot of backstory to this... it's a dig against Vantablack, which Anish Kapoor (famous sculptor) managed to buy exclusive rights for using in art:

https://www.wired.com/story/vantablack-anish-kapoor-stuart-s...

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by jchw on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:35AM (#27883770)

Indeed, and it looks like 3.0 still maintains this feud:

> *Note: By adding this product to your cart you confirm 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 it's way into the hands of Anish Kapoor.

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by katabatic on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:39AM (#27883816)

Dragging Anish Kapoor never, ever gets old.

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by adrusi on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:52AM (#27883978)

That's, I think, a deliberate facet of Kapoor's art.

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by SamBam on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:52AM (#27883989)

I misread this (ambiguous) line at first

> In 2017, Semple also released a cherry-scented version of the Vantablack pigment exclusively licensed to Kapoor.

and thought that Semple had mixed cherry-scent with Vantablack and licensed it to Kapoor exclusively. It would have been an interesting move, particularly from a legal perspective, although I would have expected a different scent than cherry...

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by fennecfoxen on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:43AM (#27883862)

For those who haven't heard of him before, Kapoor did the Bean in Chicago.

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by ThePadawan on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:23PM (#27884373)

Just bear with me here.

Wouldn't it be funny if people only knew him as the guy famously slammed for getting a monopoly on Vantablack? If at all.

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by kwhitefoot on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:52PM (#27884747)

Apart from a wonky bit of space frame crap the black colour foolishness is in fact all I know about him.

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by IncRnd on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:58PM (#27884830)

Apparently he has done tons of work. His website is a straight list of image links left to right and up & down.

https://anishkapoor.com/

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by tmmx on Monday July 19, 2021 @01:01PM (#27884870)

Anish Kapoor is not happy that people are calling it the bean. Cloudgate is the official name.

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by _jal on Monday July 19, 2021 @01:37PM (#27885229)

...Another good reason to call it the bean.

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by blamazon on Monday July 19, 2021 @02:02PM (#27885507)

Ah, so you mean the official name is “the bean”?

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by bbarnett on Monday July 19, 2021 @03:32PM (#27886439)

The Amish grow lots of beans, and I doubt they like nanotubes.

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Re:Black 3.0 – The blackest black acrylic paint by inlikealamb on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:08PM (#27888720)

Most people will remember Anish Kapoor as the bean guy

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