Yellow Ochre 

Editor: This is "Yellow Ochre," made by Tizian Color Co. It feels so simple, just pigment in a jar. What meaning can we find in something so elemental? Curator: Ochre transcends its materiality. It's one of the oldest pigments, found in cave paintings. It signifies not just color, but also the earth, blood, and ritual. Does seeing it in a manufactured state alter its inherent symbolism for you? Editor: It does! It feels disconnected from its origins but also speaks to the industrialization of art. I’ve never thought about pigments in that light before. Curator: Precisely. The jar and label also become symbols themselves, speaking to commerce and the standardization of color. Editor: So, it’s about the tension between the natural and the manufactured, preserved in a jar. That’s fascinating.