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Final day of Sydney Contemporary!

We’re doing a quick little rehang today to include these three works, as we feel they’re three little gems and deserve to be seen. ✨

The fair is open from 11am–5pm today, and we’d love to welcome you to our booth F07 for the final day.

Pictured:

1. Max Lawrence White
119, 46, 139, 125, 206, 45, 40
2024
Acrylic and enamel on board, aluminium frame
60.7 × 60.7 × 4 cm

2. Max Lawrence White
173, 200, 123, 70, 30, 17, 39
2025
Acrylic and enamel on board, aluminium frame
90.7 × 90.7 × 4 cm

3. Max Lawrence White
36, 20, 208, 97, 63, 1, 130
2025
Acrylic and enamel on board, aluminium frame
90.7 × 90.7 × 4 cm

To request a live catalogue of works contact Missy at info@fivewalls.com.au @missy_u_

@maxlawrencewhite
@sydneycontemporary taken in Sydney Contemporary by @maxlawrencewhite

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129, 118, 186, 193, 159, 198, 28
2024
Acrylic and enamel on board, brushed aluminum frame
608mm x 608mm x 40mm

Starting tomorrow!

See this work at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Booth F7 with Five Walls. Also on display will be works by Japanese artist, Shuhei Fukuda.

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair runs from September 3 - 6 at Carriageworks.
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69, 82, 42, 25, 72, 140, 201
2025
Acrylic on board, brushed aluminum frame
908mm x 908mm x 40mm

See this work at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Booth F7 with Five Walls. Also on display will be works by Japanese artist, Shuhei Fukuda.

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair runs from September 3 - 6 at Carriageworks.
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@sydneycontemporary
#maxlawrencewhite #fivewallsgallery #sydneycontemporary #geometricabstraction #contemporarypainting taken in Carriageworks by @maxlawrencewhite

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114, 197, 133, 145, 11, 83, 15
2025
Acrylic on board, brushed aluminum frame
908mm x 908mm x 40mm

See this work at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Booth F7 with Five Walls. Also on display will be works by Japanese artist, Shuhei Fukuda.

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair runs from September 3 - 6 at Carriageworks.
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#maxlawrencewhite #fivewallsgallery #sydneycontemporary #australianart #artcollector taken in Carriageworks by @maxlawrencewhite

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166, 174, 93, 86, 64, 77, 26.
2025
Acrylic and enamel on board, brushed aluminum frame
908mm x 908mm x 40mm

This painting will be presented at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair with Five Walls. Also on display will be works by Japanese artist, Shuhei Fukuda.

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair runs from September 3 - 6 at Carriageworks.
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#maxlawrencewhite #fivewallsgallery #sydneycontemporary #geometricabtraction #contemporarypainting by @maxlawrencewhite

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Welcome to our little hairy man, Jude Leonard White. Born 7:02pm on Thursday 30th July, coming in at 3.73kg. Grace, you are amazing. Thank you to our obstetrician and midwives who supported us over the long day. We are smitten ❤️ by @maxlawrencewhite

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Now representing Max Lawrence White.

We are delighted to announce Australia wide representation of Melbourne-based artist Max Lawrence White:

Max Lawrence White (b. Melbourne) is a painter whose practice is centred on the perceptual and conceptual possibilities of colour. Working within and against the traditions of geometric abstraction and hard-edge painting, White explores the interplay between structure and contingency, often employing systems of chance to generate colour relationships and compositional outcomes.

White’s earlier works were influenced in part by his Japanese heritage, drawing on spatial and compositional logics derived from tatami mat arrangements, where structure is governed by culturally embedded systems of order and auspicious placement. This emphasis on rule-based organisation continues to inform his practice, even as it is tested and expanded.
This is evident in recent bodies of work such as Measures Concluded (2021), where modular compositions are constructed through processes of layering, cutting and reconfiguration, and where mis-tint paints introduce subtle disruptions within otherwise ordered chromatic systems.

In A Challenge of Biases (2025), modular geometric structures are likewise used as a fixed framework; however, colour is determined through algorithmic processes in which palettes are generated via randomised computational procedures. Here, chance is introduced at the level of selection rather than material, positioning painting as a negotiation between control and indeterminacy.
Across these bodies of work, White positions painting as a site where order and indeterminacy coexist.

White holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) from RMIT University (2011) and an Honours degree from the Victorian College of the Arts (2012). He has exhibited extensively across Australia, including multiple solo exhibitions with Artereal Gallery, Sydney, and Five Walls Gallery, Melbourne, where he is represented. His work has been featured in publications including Aesthetica, VAULT, and The World of Interiors, and is held in collections including the Justin Art House Museum (Melbourne) and COMO Art(Netherlands).

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@missy_u_ taken in Five Walls by @maxlawrencewhite

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Abstraction 2026 continues today and includes these two works by Melbourne based artist Max Lawrence White:

Max Lawrence White (b. Melbourne) is a painter whose practice is centred on the perceptual and conceptual possibilities of colour. Working within and against the traditions of geometric abstraction and hard-edge painting, White explores the interplay between structure and contingency, often employing systems of chance to generate colour relationships and compositional outcomes.

White’s earlier works were influenced in part by his Japanese heritage, drawing on spatial and compositional logics derived from tatami mat arrangements, where structure is governed by culturally embedded systems of order and auspicious placement. This emphasis on rule-based organisation continues to inform his practice, even as it is tested and expanded.

This is evident in recent bodies of work such as Measures Concluded (2021), where modular compositions are constructed through processes of layering, cutting and reconfiguration, and where mis-tint paints introduce subtle disruptions within otherwise ordered chromatic systems.

In A Challenge of Biases (2025), modular geometric structures are likewise used as a fixed framework; however, colour is determined through algorithmic processes in which palettes are generated via randomised computational procedures. Here, chance is introduced at the level of selection rather than material, positioning painting as a negotiation between control and indeterminacy.

Across these bodies of work, White positions painting as a site where order and indeterminacy coexist.

White holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) from RMIT University (2011) and an Honours degree from the Victorian College of the Arts (2012). He has exhibited extensively across Australia, including multiple solo exhibitions with Artereal Gallery, Sydney, and Five Walls Gallery, Melbourne, where he is represented. His work has been featured in publications including Aesthetica, VAULT, and The World of Interiors, and is held in collections including the Justin Art House Museum (Melbourne) and COMO Art (Netherlands).

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@missy_u_ taken in Five Walls by @maxlawrencewhite

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Please join us this Friday from 6-9pm for the opening of the much anticipated Abstraction 2026.

Abstraction 2026 brings together the work of twelve artists working in abstraction and non-objective and includes:

Kubota Fumikazu @kuboat
Sean Hogan @sphogan
Daniel Hollier @danhollier
Franky Howell @frankyhats
Emma Langridge @emma.langridge
Keisuke Matsuura @keisuke_matsuura
Sarah Robson @sarahsrobson
Britt Salt @brittsalt
Vivian Cooper Smith @viviancsmith
Lachlan Stonehouse @lachlanstonehouse
Max Lawrence White @maxlawrencewhite
Michael Vandorpe @michael_s._l._vandorpe

For a catalogue of available works contact Missy at info@fivewalls.com.au

@missy_u_ taken in Five Walls by @maxlawrencewhite

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138, 171, 7, 52, 168, 101, 91
2023
Acrylic and enamel on board, brushed aluminum frame
307mm x 307mm x 40mm

- part of 10/2026 - a group show at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery. Curated by Stephen Wickham.
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#australianart #geometricabstraction #contemporarypainting #colour #melbourneart by @maxlawrencewhite

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142, 106, 49, 148, 149, 154, 175
2023
Acrylic and enamel on board, brushed aluminum frame
307mm x 307mm x 40mm

- part of “10/2026” - a group show at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery. Curated by Stephen Wickham.
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#australianart #geometricabstraction #melbourneart #artcollector #colour by @maxlawrencewhite

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48, 1, 192, 87, 123, 147, 153
2023
Acrylic and enamel on board, brushed aluminum frame
307mm x 307mm x 40mm

- part of “10/2026” - a group show at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery. Curated by Stephen Wickham.
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#colour #australianart #geometricabstraction #artcollector #melbourneart taken in Stephen McLaughlan Gallery Melbourne by @maxlawrencewhite

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