The best thing to happen in the art world

[sabotabby]

You never hear about art feuds anymore, which is unfortunate, but luckily Anish Kapoor and Stuart Semple are here to correct that deficiency. You may recall Anish Kapoor as the guy who secured the sole rights to the "blackest black" pigment—the one all the goths hoped would be used to make their clothes from now on—and wouldn't let anyone else use it.

In retaliation, Semple created the "pinkest pink," and made available on his website for purchase by anyone who was not Kapoor.

But OH NOES! Kapoor got it anyway and posted this glorious picture to Instagram.

Semple was outraged, and expressed his concern as follows:

We are all extremely disappointed to see that Anish Kapoor has illegally acquired the world’s pinkest pink. He’s walked into this paint war with a gesture that cannot be misconstrued. He’s given the art community a bright pink middle finger. He is still very much at large. Not only has he refused to share the black, he’s now stolen our pink. Rest assured, we will get to the bottom of who has purchased this on Anish Kapoor’s behalf and broken their contractual agreement with culturehustle.com, and we will instruct our lawyers to take appropriate action against such breaches. We are pleased to note that he has not managed to get his hands on the World’s Glitteriest Glitter—yet—and we urge purchasers not to share the product with Kapoor or his associates.

Reportedly, he then got his hands on the black (or, well, got the black on his hands.)

There is rumoured to be fanfic written about this but I didn't find it when I totally didn't go looking for it.

Anyway this is clearly the greatest feud in art history since Van Gogh versus Gauguin, and I believe both of these gentlemen deserve our praise for lightening up the otherwise dismal end to this year.

Comments

[anarqueso.livejournal.com]

That's good shit. I hope it ends with blood and/or pics of them having pink/black art sex.

[sabotabby]

It's totally going to be the latter, maybe with a bit of the former mixed in.

[ironed_orchid]

Here for this

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I've been following this and I gotta tell you, it warms my cold black heart.

[sabotabby]

My heart is obvs. blackest black.

[katebacross.livejournal.com]

This makes me so glad I'm (a) female and (b) colourblind...

[sabotabby]

Trust me that the pink is really dreadful.

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

In a good way.

[sabotabby]

Well I wouldn't wear it but I'd dip my middle finger in it, sure.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

EPIC.

[sabotabby]

It is more beautiful than either of their artistic outputs!

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Never the glitterest glitter. They must be stopped.

[sabotabby]

I've been very careful to not even investigate whether the glitterest glitter is commercially available. I know I can't be trusted with it.

[mangomanko.livejournal.com]

YES! Art feuds are my jam. I'll be following this now. Thx for the update!

[sabotabby]

I am so pleased that I get to know about it that I feel like the entire world needs to know about it!

[symbioid.livejournal.com]

Wait is glitteriest glitter also a thing or is that a veiled threat for his fans to send glitter in envelopes to Anish?

[sabotabby]

Nah, it's literal.

[ironed_orchid]

Ahahahaha!

I actually love some of Kapoor's stuff, mostly the wax sculptures/installations, and have never heard of Semple so I might have to be on team Black

[sabotabby]

Semple is kinda fun. Pop art, very textured, doesn't grip me but I find it enjoyable to look at.

[ironed_orchid]

I googled him. It reminds me of Juan Davila, but with less Tom of Finland

[armiphlage]

did you get a parcel?

[sabotabby]

THAT WAS YOU!!

okay I have been so confused over the past day because there was no name included in said parcel, so I knew someone had been awesome but I didn't know who to thank. So, thank you!!!

[armiphlage]

You deserve to have a bit of brightness.

[sabotabby]

And darkness! Thank you. <3