Articles by Nova Benway

In Earnest

by Nova Benway | Jan 4, 2010

In Earnest

by Nova Benway | Jan 4, 2010

The last artist I’ll include in my discussion of earnestness, or what one might also call exuberant seriousness, is David Olsen, a sculptor who has spent the last several years …

Bibi Calderaro’s Gifts

by Nova Benway | Jan 3, 2010

Bibi Calderaro’s Gifts

by Nova Benway | Jan 3, 2010

Like Eve Essex and Stuart Sherman, mentioned in my other posts, Brooklyn-based artist Bibi Calderaro has a peculiar relationship to performance and audience. Last year’s project, PRESENT, found her at …

Eve Essex and Cornelius Cardew

by Nova Benway | Dec 27, 2009

Eve Essex and Cornelius Cardew

by Nova Benway | Dec 27, 2009

Continuing the tenuous thread I’ve begun to weave, today’s post concerns Eve Essex, an artist I’ve been interested in since she was a resident with the Berwick Research Institute in …

This Year, Give Stuart Sherman

by Nova Benway | Dec 22, 2009

This Year, Give Stuart Sherman

by Nova Benway | Dec 22, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPeeW_5IkQ] At a time of year when exuberant celebration meets with reflection and humanitarian impulses, it seems appropriate to devote my posts to a few artists, curators, and projects that …