NEWBURGH—The Artists of Excellence series that highlights talented regional artists has given the latest spotlight to sculptor Christina Biaggi. The artist displayed several works and models of installations in glass displays in the foyer of the Mindy Ross Gallery of Kaplan Hall at SUNY Orange-Newburgh.
Biaggi spoke on Aug. 27 about various installations she is working on and future projects. She said she wants to bring spirituality back into works of art.
“I am very much into the spiritual in art,” Biaggi said. “Art has to have some meaning. It just can’t be some blobs on paper. Modern art disparages the spiritual.”
As a sculptor who works in bronze, Biaggi has also completed small sculptures of female divinities in wood. Her clay sculpture of the goddess Tiamat on display references the famous life-size bronze sculpture of Zeus hurling his thunder bolt. Wood sculptures of Nike displayed the goddess with wings outspread.
