Lamp Black 

Editor: Here we have "Lamp Black" by Tizian Color Co. It's…well, it's a bottle of pigment! There’s something quietly intriguing about the objecthood of art materials. What do you see in this piece, beyond just black powder in a jar? Curator: It's like looking at the potential for infinite darkness, isn't it? A raw material, holding the promise of shadows and depth. It makes you wonder about all the paintings that began with something as simple as this, and the old lamp whose soot made it. Is it a painting in potentia? Editor: That’s a cool idea. So, it's about what it *could* be? Curator: Exactly! Or even what *was* created with it. A little like holding a universe in your hand, wouldn’t you say? Editor: I never thought of pigment that way. I guess it's more than just a color. Curator: Precisely! It's a history, a possibility, a touch of the infinite made tangible.