Artist Buys Rights To A Black Pigment So Others Can’t Use It, Gets Trolled In Return
It’s no secret that people on the internet find some of the weirdest things to joke about. There are plenty of memes that make absolutely no sense if you don’t know either the context or the history of the said memes, as well as some unfortunate topics covered in not the best light (we all remember the Harambe incident and all that followed). Well, Tumblr users found out about Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate and all the ridiculous Facebook events that people created related to it and they went along with it. While they shared their favorite images of “the Bean”, someone figured out that there’s more to the infamous sculpture than just the funny edits.
People of Tumblr started posting their favorite Facebook events related to Kapoor’s Cloud Gate without realizing that there’s a bigger picture behind it
However, there was so much more to the story than it first appeared
Turns out, there’s much deeper story hiding behind the meme-fied bean. While people on the internet had plenty of fun trolling the sculptor behind the Cloud Gate, it was the least of Kapoor’s worries. Although Anish Kapoor is an established sculptor who’s been knighted in 2013, turns out he is not liked by the art community, as well as the general public. And there’s quite a number of reasons why.
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Share on FacebookWell I didn't know who Kapoor was till I read this article and I already hate him.
This was most entertaining and really funny! I must google and learn more!
Yeah, I actually read the entire thing rather than just skimming some parts.
Load More Replies...If he didn't want people to call it a bean, he shouldn't have made it look exactly like a f*****g bean.
Hahaha it's worst than economic world even your artist friends could became ennemies
Load More Replies...This makes me want to buy a load of Stuart Semple's stuff, but alas, I am Poorest Poor.
Jeez, I'm torn. I really like the sculpture but the artist sounds like a jerk. I guess I'll compromise by referring to it as the " bean" when it comes up in conversation. Which so far has been never.
Well that was interesting, to say the least. I've known about this for a while from the internet, and now I feel like traveling to the United States to visit the bean so that I can kiss it. Someday.
Don't forget to take the pinkest lipsic you can find and/or Pinkest Pink and some vaseline with you
Load More Replies..."Art"? It's literally an enlarged and chromed bean. I'd be pretty disappointed if someone placed something this hideous in the middle of a city where I live.
Load More Replies...Jonas Salk didn't patent his famous polio vaccine, saying "Could you patent the Sun?"
Anish Kapoor can stick his pinkest pink middle finger into his Vanta Black hole!
I'm baffled why this guy was knighted. I thought the Queen was cool..... But, I suppose she hasn't had a background check on him or was somehow "forced" to do it... such a shame
What!? I was looking forward to see vantablack, I didn't know somebody bought the rights! And how aren't those to the scientists who came up with it?! Anyway, thanks to this article, I learned the is an even better substitute.
1. Black 2.0 doesn't even come close to Vantablack in terms of ability to "devour" light. 2. The lab that developed it still fully own the rights to Vantablack. 3. Kapoor bought the rights for ARTISTIC USE of Vantablack S-VIS - a spray applicated derivation of Vantablack - not for Vantablack itself (why would they sell that?). 4. BMW painted a car in Vantablack (google it ... in fact, google Vantablack and get the true story). 5. This is just a story written in order to demonise a successful artist that only seeks to further cement his hold on his own success. I don't see how that's an inherently bad thing, or do you think that everything someone spends a lot of money, time and effort in developing should be available for free use by anyone`?
Load More Replies...I bought the pinkest pink when it came out, I wasn’t impressed with the pigment. But! I am slightly color blind (tritanopia) so maybe I’m unable to experience the full beauty. :( I’m all for bringing down rich elistest a******s though!
Tom Scott has a youtube video about it and he goes off about how it's pink in a way that is literally beyond belief, and how it's impossible to convey that colour on a screen.
Load More Replies...I took all of four more seconds to consider, that maybe it will now be something that reminds me that even the ugliest of souls can make something that others only see the beauty in....sticks that inside my head so I don't blech openly each time I see it now :P
That's because as much as people like to think of "artists" as such deep, emotional creatures, making aesthetically pleasing things is pretty much about skill alone, and, just like a psychopath with literally no empathy knows exactly how to act to make himself look kind and charming, it's not necessary to relate to people's feelings to know how to manipulate them... someone who writes or draws heartwarming things isn't necessarily a nice person, they just understand the human mind well.
Load More Replies...This was a great amount of information, I agree, however now that sculpture is ruined for me, I always liked seeing it in movies, tv shows, now its just BLECH. Something that a whole city is so proud of having has been ruined by it's creator being so horrible, it should be replaced.
This is something I legitimately needed to know. Very cool. Thank you!
Love Cutural Hustle paints. If you are an artist highly recommend them. Amazing pigments and Stuart and his team are legends. Wish I could attend Kiss the Bean
Wow... I'm re-reading this article 9mo later and figured it out!
Load More Replies...What? He hates that people call it the "Bean"? But it's a bean! How could he not see that coming? XD
Thank you Bored Panda for post like these, honestly you're site is becoming epic to the (us) unwashed hordes!
I'm so upset! I read about Vantablack years ago and have been eagerly awaiting the time when it would be available for purchase! Oh well, what goes around comes around.
Sooooo, there is this guy who buys the rights to a special paint because he does not want to share. And everyone is like: Oh yeah? We will make our own paimt. Cheaper, Safer and almost free to almost everyone... And they do... Well... lets say I have got the cure for cancer. But I wont share, because.... reasons. Plus I am a big meanie. Your turn
Now it makes sense! Did you know Millennium Park has been designed to represent the Serpent's eye consciousness? Aerial view from above, The Jay Pritzker Pavilion is the pineal gland, (designed to look like a Pinecone which symbolizes the pineal gland), the BP Pedestrian bridge is designed like a snake, and the bean is the snake's seed/egg.
Kapoor stole that design from the greatest artist ever known; the creator of all, including beans -and his are tasty and nourishing. -kapoor s poor copy, not so much.
Companies trademark specific colours all the time. The Tiffany's blue box, for example.
Load More Replies...It's easy, just mix water and the pigment, put it in a spray can, and voila
Load More Replies...Well, while entertaining and somewhat humorous, this isn't entirely factual. Kapoor bought the licensing rights for exclusive use of Vantablack S-VIS - a spray applicated derivation of the original lab-grown Vantablack - for artistic use. If you wanted to - and could afford to - buy some cans of Vantablack S-VIS to paint your car, you can. You just can't use it for artistic purposes. This doesn't quite make Kapoor the moneygrabbing devil you all seem determined to paint him as. Furthermore, he is far from the only artist - or individual - to do something like this. Furthermore, the original Vantablack - the stuff they actually reference in this article - is licenced from the lab that actually made it, and they, obviously, also own the rights to the stuff. That stuff is also available for purchase, provided you pay for the stuff as well as the licensing. This is not new, nor is it anything particularly special.
can anyone tell me what diamond dust, phaze, shift and black 2.0 looks like by itself and what it looks like when painted on something?
Put a miniature version of the sculpture next to the original. A Beanie Baby.
I went straight to Stuart Semple's websites to buy some of his pigments. FYI I'm not an artist!
does anyone else think that "the Bean" looks like a giant silver poo?
Now it makes sense. Did you know Millennium park is designed to be an altar to the Serpent's eye? Aerial view from above, Jay Pritzker Pavilion is a pineal gland (looks like a pine cone which is symbolic for the pineal gland). And the BP Pedestrial Bridge next to it is a snake design. And the Bean is the snake's seed/egg. I think the whole "contest" was a b******t story, and they specifically designed it this way.
That sculpture looks like my old Tiffany bean. It's a sterling silver necklace that's basically a small shiny bean on a chain.
Just one thought, that product that's made of ground glass - Imagine this; someone spills it and wipes it up. But, of course, he only thinks he's managed to get all of it because it is ground up really fine. Someone else comes along, puts his hand on the table where the ground glass was spilt and then rubs his eye... result - infinitesimal bits of ground glass in eye! Almost impossible to remove and person may go blind. That person - unlikely to think the 'joke' is funny. Not to mention all this microscopic ground glass getting out into nature and killing everything that consumes it because it's now coating food supplies - animals dying because of it (and probably people) - unlikely to think the 'joke' was worth it. The ground glass floating around in the ocean - aquatic life already has enough to deal with now they have to swallow ground up glass! All for the sake of being nasty to an already seemingly unpleasant person.
Glass is silica. There's a lot of silica in sand. Know where you find tons of sand? Beaches. Glass can be problematic in many places but the ocean would not be my first concern.
Load More Replies...Kapor spent a huge amount of his own money and time in working with Dupont to develop Vantablack, which is the bit left out by those who enjoy spreading fake news..... maybe get all the facts, rathr than just assuming somebody is a prick because it's a good laugh.
Nope. Everyone is angry this Kapoor guy because he bought the rights to something that isn't his in the first place (vantablack, a colour pigment, yeah), blocking the way for other artists from using the colour for their artworks. It's an act of egoism, selfishness and elitism. Next time, please, read the article before making a statement about it.
Load More Replies...Well I didn't know who Kapoor was till I read this article and I already hate him.
This was most entertaining and really funny! I must google and learn more!
Yeah, I actually read the entire thing rather than just skimming some parts.
Load More Replies...If he didn't want people to call it a bean, he shouldn't have made it look exactly like a f*****g bean.
Hahaha it's worst than economic world even your artist friends could became ennemies
Load More Replies...This makes me want to buy a load of Stuart Semple's stuff, but alas, I am Poorest Poor.
Jeez, I'm torn. I really like the sculpture but the artist sounds like a jerk. I guess I'll compromise by referring to it as the " bean" when it comes up in conversation. Which so far has been never.
Well that was interesting, to say the least. I've known about this for a while from the internet, and now I feel like traveling to the United States to visit the bean so that I can kiss it. Someday.
Don't forget to take the pinkest lipsic you can find and/or Pinkest Pink and some vaseline with you
Load More Replies..."Art"? It's literally an enlarged and chromed bean. I'd be pretty disappointed if someone placed something this hideous in the middle of a city where I live.
Load More Replies...Jonas Salk didn't patent his famous polio vaccine, saying "Could you patent the Sun?"
Anish Kapoor can stick his pinkest pink middle finger into his Vanta Black hole!
I'm baffled why this guy was knighted. I thought the Queen was cool..... But, I suppose she hasn't had a background check on him or was somehow "forced" to do it... such a shame
What!? I was looking forward to see vantablack, I didn't know somebody bought the rights! And how aren't those to the scientists who came up with it?! Anyway, thanks to this article, I learned the is an even better substitute.
1. Black 2.0 doesn't even come close to Vantablack in terms of ability to "devour" light. 2. The lab that developed it still fully own the rights to Vantablack. 3. Kapoor bought the rights for ARTISTIC USE of Vantablack S-VIS - a spray applicated derivation of Vantablack - not for Vantablack itself (why would they sell that?). 4. BMW painted a car in Vantablack (google it ... in fact, google Vantablack and get the true story). 5. This is just a story written in order to demonise a successful artist that only seeks to further cement his hold on his own success. I don't see how that's an inherently bad thing, or do you think that everything someone spends a lot of money, time and effort in developing should be available for free use by anyone`?
Load More Replies...I bought the pinkest pink when it came out, I wasn’t impressed with the pigment. But! I am slightly color blind (tritanopia) so maybe I’m unable to experience the full beauty. :( I’m all for bringing down rich elistest a******s though!
Tom Scott has a youtube video about it and he goes off about how it's pink in a way that is literally beyond belief, and how it's impossible to convey that colour on a screen.
Load More Replies...I took all of four more seconds to consider, that maybe it will now be something that reminds me that even the ugliest of souls can make something that others only see the beauty in....sticks that inside my head so I don't blech openly each time I see it now :P
That's because as much as people like to think of "artists" as such deep, emotional creatures, making aesthetically pleasing things is pretty much about skill alone, and, just like a psychopath with literally no empathy knows exactly how to act to make himself look kind and charming, it's not necessary to relate to people's feelings to know how to manipulate them... someone who writes or draws heartwarming things isn't necessarily a nice person, they just understand the human mind well.
Load More Replies...This was a great amount of information, I agree, however now that sculpture is ruined for me, I always liked seeing it in movies, tv shows, now its just BLECH. Something that a whole city is so proud of having has been ruined by it's creator being so horrible, it should be replaced.
This is something I legitimately needed to know. Very cool. Thank you!
Love Cutural Hustle paints. If you are an artist highly recommend them. Amazing pigments and Stuart and his team are legends. Wish I could attend Kiss the Bean
Wow... I'm re-reading this article 9mo later and figured it out!
Load More Replies...What? He hates that people call it the "Bean"? But it's a bean! How could he not see that coming? XD
Thank you Bored Panda for post like these, honestly you're site is becoming epic to the (us) unwashed hordes!
I'm so upset! I read about Vantablack years ago and have been eagerly awaiting the time when it would be available for purchase! Oh well, what goes around comes around.
Sooooo, there is this guy who buys the rights to a special paint because he does not want to share. And everyone is like: Oh yeah? We will make our own paimt. Cheaper, Safer and almost free to almost everyone... And they do... Well... lets say I have got the cure for cancer. But I wont share, because.... reasons. Plus I am a big meanie. Your turn
Now it makes sense! Did you know Millennium Park has been designed to represent the Serpent's eye consciousness? Aerial view from above, The Jay Pritzker Pavilion is the pineal gland, (designed to look like a Pinecone which symbolizes the pineal gland), the BP Pedestrian bridge is designed like a snake, and the bean is the snake's seed/egg.
Kapoor stole that design from the greatest artist ever known; the creator of all, including beans -and his are tasty and nourishing. -kapoor s poor copy, not so much.
Companies trademark specific colours all the time. The Tiffany's blue box, for example.
Load More Replies...It's easy, just mix water and the pigment, put it in a spray can, and voila
Load More Replies...Well, while entertaining and somewhat humorous, this isn't entirely factual. Kapoor bought the licensing rights for exclusive use of Vantablack S-VIS - a spray applicated derivation of the original lab-grown Vantablack - for artistic use. If you wanted to - and could afford to - buy some cans of Vantablack S-VIS to paint your car, you can. You just can't use it for artistic purposes. This doesn't quite make Kapoor the moneygrabbing devil you all seem determined to paint him as. Furthermore, he is far from the only artist - or individual - to do something like this. Furthermore, the original Vantablack - the stuff they actually reference in this article - is licenced from the lab that actually made it, and they, obviously, also own the rights to the stuff. That stuff is also available for purchase, provided you pay for the stuff as well as the licensing. This is not new, nor is it anything particularly special.
can anyone tell me what diamond dust, phaze, shift and black 2.0 looks like by itself and what it looks like when painted on something?
Put a miniature version of the sculpture next to the original. A Beanie Baby.
I went straight to Stuart Semple's websites to buy some of his pigments. FYI I'm not an artist!
does anyone else think that "the Bean" looks like a giant silver poo?
Now it makes sense. Did you know Millennium park is designed to be an altar to the Serpent's eye? Aerial view from above, Jay Pritzker Pavilion is a pineal gland (looks like a pine cone which is symbolic for the pineal gland). And the BP Pedestrial Bridge next to it is a snake design. And the Bean is the snake's seed/egg. I think the whole "contest" was a b******t story, and they specifically designed it this way.
That sculpture looks like my old Tiffany bean. It's a sterling silver necklace that's basically a small shiny bean on a chain.
Just one thought, that product that's made of ground glass - Imagine this; someone spills it and wipes it up. But, of course, he only thinks he's managed to get all of it because it is ground up really fine. Someone else comes along, puts his hand on the table where the ground glass was spilt and then rubs his eye... result - infinitesimal bits of ground glass in eye! Almost impossible to remove and person may go blind. That person - unlikely to think the 'joke' is funny. Not to mention all this microscopic ground glass getting out into nature and killing everything that consumes it because it's now coating food supplies - animals dying because of it (and probably people) - unlikely to think the 'joke' was worth it. The ground glass floating around in the ocean - aquatic life already has enough to deal with now they have to swallow ground up glass! All for the sake of being nasty to an already seemingly unpleasant person.
Glass is silica. There's a lot of silica in sand. Know where you find tons of sand? Beaches. Glass can be problematic in many places but the ocean would not be my first concern.
Load More Replies...Kapor spent a huge amount of his own money and time in working with Dupont to develop Vantablack, which is the bit left out by those who enjoy spreading fake news..... maybe get all the facts, rathr than just assuming somebody is a prick because it's a good laugh.
Nope. Everyone is angry this Kapoor guy because he bought the rights to something that isn't his in the first place (vantablack, a colour pigment, yeah), blocking the way for other artists from using the colour for their artworks. It's an act of egoism, selfishness and elitism. Next time, please, read the article before making a statement about it.
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