A compact but commanding object, Neo-concreto 081 presents a single elongated block of raw concrete embedded with fragments of coloured glass, their luminous pigments held in permanent suspension within an industrial matrix. Measuring just sixty centimetres in length, the work achieves a tension far exceeding its modest scale, as the hardness and grey austerity of the concrete presses against the translucency and chromatic vibrancy of the glass inclusions. The result is a quietly contradictory surface, one that absorbs and reflects light simultaneously, shifting in character depending on the conditions of display. David Batchelor has spent decades investigating colour as a cultural and material phenomenon, and Neo-concreto 081 represents one of his most refined explorations of that inquiry. The title pays deliberate homage to the Brazilian Neo-Concrete movement of the late 1950s and 1960s, whose artists sought to restore sensory and phenomenological presence to abstract form. Batchelor's reference is neither nostalgic nor decorative. He draws on that legacy to ask what colour does to a body, to a space, to a viewer, when it is embedded in something as resistant and earthbound as concrete. For the collector, this work offers both intimacy and conceptual depth. Its signed status confirms its place within Batchelor's carefully considered practice, and its manageable dimensions make it highly versatile within a domestic or institutional setting. The absence of a frame is itself part of the statement, leaving the raw industrial edges fully exposed and reinforcing the work's commitment to materiality over presentation.