samantha

I’m painting poker chips with the blackest black paint in the world. They’re not quite dry yet but this is the first coat.

For a few months now I’ve wanted to do an art project with a poker set but I was having trouble thinking of themes. The theme of the set is stolen colours.

Since anish kapoor (the guy who made the bean in Chicago) patented vantablack for his exclusive use, another artist Stuart Semple got mad and made a competitor, “the blackest black in the world”, which I have here. This is the first layer, I will be doing more layers after this first layer dries. Stuart steals colours from other artists and corporations and sells them to consumers like me. 

I also have Klein blue, which I will be using shortly after I finish with the blackest black in the world.

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