Vanity Fair: It Was the Year of Barbie Pink, But Whose Color Is It Anyway?

by ssemple | Nov 27, 2023

VANITY FAIR It Was the Year of Barbie Pink, But Whose Color Is It Anyway? Kase Wickman Novemeber 2023 READ MORE... As large segments of the planet donned their figurative rose-colored lenses this year, artist and occasional troll Stuart Semple used the moment to make...

Fast Company – Tiffany has guarded its iconic blue color for decades.

by ssemple | Jan 4, 2022

FASTCOMPANY Mark Wilson, 9th Sep 2021 Artist-provocateur Stuart Semple has cloned one of the most famous, and protected, blues in the world. Tiffany Blue. Close your eyes, and you can see it in your mind—adorning all those precious jewelry boxes of the multi-billion...

FLASH ART – “CRASH”, GIANT’s inaugural exhibition

by ssemple | Mar 1, 2021

FLASH ART March 1st, 2021 “CRASH”, GIANT’s inaugural exhibition 1 March 2021, 9:00 am CET Sarah Maple, The World as we know it, 2020.   GIANT, a brand-new artist-run space in Bournemouth, launches with its inaugural exhibition: “CRASH”. Dedicated to presenting...

The World’s “Mattest, Flattest Black” Acrylic Paint Is Available to All—Except Anish Kapoor

by ssemple | Jan 10, 2018

The World’s “Mattest, Flattest Black” Acrylic Paint Is Available to All—Except Anish Kapoor   Artist Stuart Semple responds to Vantablack 2.0 with Black 2.0, making it available to anyone who wants it. Anyone, of course, but Anish Kapoor.  ...

WIRED – Art Fight! The Pinkest Pink Versus The Blackest Black

by ssemple | Jul 10, 2017

HOW MUCH MORE black could Vantablack be? The answer is none. None more black.This stuff is the blackest black. It is so black that it makes reality look Photoshopped. Perception of depth and dimensionality disappears into a scotoma of darkness. You look at Vantablack,...