For the Asia Pacific Triennial, Shahla Housseini presents a group of materially gentle and softly rendered paintings that express the fragility of life. Muted pinks, blues and yellows infuse colour into the predominantly white, geometrically reduced compositions. These tonal changes are complemented by delicate material shifts as Hosseini incorporates fraying fabrics and cracking plaster. This emphasises the limited lifespan of the materials and, in doing so, implies the mortality of all life forms.

Arcs span the lengths and widths of the works, radiating towards and away from one another; as fragments of much larger circles, these images suggest limitless space far beyond the borders of the canvas. Circles make for evocative analogies: moons orbiting ancient planets, or cells dividing to create new life.