Lemon Yellow (Chrome) 

Curator: This unassuming jar of "Lemon Yellow (Chrome)" pigment, manufactured by F. Weber & Company, feels like a relic, doesn't it? Like a forgotten alchemy experiment. Editor: It certainly evokes a sense of time passing, of histories embedded within the materials we use. The label itself seems to carry the weight of artistic labor and industrial production. Curator: I find it fascinating that something so banal, a jar of paint, can hold so much potential. It's a raw material, a promise waiting to be fulfilled by an artist's vision. Editor: Right. The history of pigments is deeply intertwined with colonialism, class, and power. Where did the raw materials come from? Who had access to this color? Curator: It's a small object that provokes vast questions. Editor: And underscores how art objects are never truly isolated from the world around them. Even a jar of lemon yellow.