Constanza Schaffner
Constanza Schaffner and her dog, Squash, in front of three works in progress for her upcoming exhibition “Leones, Flores, Constanzas,” on view at Luhring Augustine Tribeca from January 13 to March 2, 2024. PHOTO: ZOE FREILICH
The Buenos Aires native is preparing for her first solo exhibition in Manhattan, at Luhring Augustine gallery
“I like to think of my art as being completely free from language and narrative—like music,” says artist Constanza Schaffner. Born in Buenos Aires and now based in New York City, Schaffner discovered her calling after embarking on degrees in philosophy and comparative literature. “Through my studies, I came to realize the limits of conceptual thinking and to understand the Nietzschean idea that there is no ultimate rational truth. I turned to art as an attempt to open meaning.”
Unique process: “I never know when I start what the finished work is going to look like,” she says. “Often I will use a drawing or a photograph as a starting point, but then while painting, I begin to make a series of intuitive decisions—choosing a palette, incorporating abstract forms, or elongating a neck or a finger. Each of these decisions determines the next one.”
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