Ochre 

Editor: Here we have "Ochre" manufactured by Hull. It looks like a sample of raw pigment in a small jar, placed next to a color chart and measuring card. How do you interpret this work? Curator: It speaks to the industrial production and standardization of color. The "artwork" isn't about individual expression, but about the controlled materiality of paint. Who was Hull and how did their processes influence art production? Editor: I hadn't thought of it that way, more about the beauty of the earth pigment. Thank you! Curator: Consider the labor involved in extracting and processing ochre. This moves us beyond aesthetics to the socioeconomic context of artmaking.