Lead Titanate 

Curator: Here we have "Lead Titanate," a pigment manufactured by Titanium Pigment Corp. Editor: It looks like an old chemistry experiment. Makes me think of Marie Curie in her lab, or maybe something out of a dusty apothecary shop. Curator: Indeed, it speaks to the industrial production of color, moving beyond the individual artist. Consider the labor and the social context of pigment creation itself. Editor: It’s so simple and stark, but kind of beautiful, in a clinical way. It’s as if the pure potential of color is suspended, waiting to be unleashed. Curator: Precisely! The commodification of art materials facilitated new artistic avenues, impacting both artistic creation and consumption. Editor: So, this unassuming jar represents a whole shift in how art is made and consumed. I suppose everything, even the mundane, has a story to tell.