The artist sample, which resembles a vial of nail polish, costs $30 (shipping not included).Īs a specialty paint, Singularity Black comes with a few complications and caveats. Preston, however, advises that artists first purchase a 20mL artist sample to experiment with Singularity Black and get acquainted with the prescribed coating techniques and its required treatment process. You can buy it right now, by contacting NanoLab’s sales department, in volumes of 250mL, 500mL, or 1000mL.
It will be on view at Boston’s Laconia Gallery on August 24 and again at Somerville’s Artisan’s Asylum on September 6 Chase and NanoLab’s scientists will be present on both days to field questions from the public on Singularity Black.īefore and after of a coper plate coated in Singularity Black (photo courtesy NanoLab)īut Singularity Black has the lowest visible reflectance of any paint in the world that is generally available to the public. “Black Iron Ursa” consists of a painted gummy bear sculpture made from cast iron, resting atop a wooden, rainbow-hued carousel that emphasizes the candy’s blackness. “NanoLab offers a coating service to anyone interested in sending us pieces that can withstand the processing conditions for our experienced staff to coat at our lab facility, but we are open to sharing this entire process with any artist that wants to use Singularity Black in their own studio,” Preston told Hyperallergic.īoston-based artist Jason Chase had the immense privilege of premiering the paint as an art tool a few weeks ago, unveiling in his studio the very first artwork coated in Singularity Black. Colin Preston, a senior research scientist at NanoLab. The company even has ongoing research and development efforts directed entirely towards the arts community, according to Dr.
NanoLab has been conducting research for NASA since 2011 to develop nanostructure optical black materials that can suppress glare on the space agency’s equipment, so Singularity Black paint is an especially significant tool for the aerospace and optics community.īut NanoLab is also making it available to artists, unlike Vantablack, to which Anish Kapoor has infamously received exclusive rights to use. The paint was developed by Massachusetts-based manufacturer NanoLab, completely independent of Vantablack’s own evolution by the UK-based Surrey NanoSystems.
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