David Batchelor

David Batchelor has generously produced Chromoscreen 02, 2025, one of two limited edition artworks, especially for Tate.

Batchelor has honed a sensibility towards colour and composition over his career, spanning three decades and a variety of media including sculpture, painting, photography, printmaking, textiles and installation. This sensibility guides his arrangement of blocks of colour, whether spray-paint on paper in his Concrete Collage works, or screen-printed ink on paper in his Chromoscreen works for Tate. The arranging process is quick and energetic, but once settled, the blocks of colour are rendered still and harmonious. In his screen print editions, the ink is thick and glossy, resting on the surface of the paper. Tiny air bubbles that have been fixed in the printing process are similar to the pockets of air commonly found in concrete, a material which Batchelor often employs in his sculptural work. For example, in his Concreto-Concreto series, stacks of two, three, or four concrete building blocks are spray-painted in thoughtfully composed palettes.

Each print is signed and numbered on the front by the artist. Prices of the artwork are liable to change. As a limited edition sells out, prices of the artwork are subject to increase and the price will be clearly indicated.

• Artist David Batchelor
• Artwork Chromoscreen 02
• Dimensions 56.5 x 42 cm
• Material Screen print with 4 colours on Somerset Tub Sized 310 gsm paper
• Edition Limited edition of 50, signed and numbered on the front
• Date of work 2025

David Batchelor (b. 1955, Dundee, Scotland) is an artist and writer whose work celebrates colour and its many manifestations in contemporary life. He draws inspiration from the colours and forms he encounters within urban environments and works in a range of media including sculpture, painting, photography, collage, printmaking, textiles, glass beadwork and site-specific installations.

Solo exhibitions include New Skin for the Old Ceremony, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, UK (2024); Transparent Things, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil (2024); Colour Is, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK (2022); My Own Private Bauhaus, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK (2019); Monochrome Archive (1997-2015), Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2015); Flatlands, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK, and Spike Island, Bristol, UK (2013). Group exhibitions include Light: Works from the Tate Collection, The National Art Centre, Tokyo (2023); Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915 – 2015, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2015).

Batchelor’s work is held in important public collections including Tate and the Arts Council, UK. His public commissions include Cloisterama, Mijnkathedraal, Beringen, Belgium (2023); Sixty Minute Spectrum, the roof of the Hayward Gallery, London, UK (2017); Spectrum on the Hill, Seoul, South Korea (2010); Hong Kong Fesdella, British Council, Hong Kong (2008). Batchelor has written multiple books and essays on colour theory, including Chromophobia (2000). He lives and works in London.