MY GIRLFRIEND IS IN A COMA...Or She's Just Not That Into You, Dude  

by Robert del Valle for Real Detroit Weekly | March 14-20

If nothing else, My Girlfriend Is In a Coma is the single best name for an exhibit we've come across in many a year, and the MONA exhibit itself is a singular and enlightening overview of how our talented friends in Japan tackle the myriad possibilities of abstract art.

 

Jessica Hopkins has assembled an impressive lineup and the manner in which these artists address thematic nuances is a fresh and startling revelation.

 

Among those featured: Nobu Matsui, Kenzu Nagawa, Kiko Kobayashi, Mugi Takei and Reiko Yamamoto.

 

Opening reception is (you guessed it) 3/17 from 6-10pm. Hey, a little sake goes very well with Guinness! 7 Saginaw St. in Pontiac.

all photographs by Jason Keen

 

    Jessica Hopkins, chief curator  

Among Hopkins' many qualities as a curator is her resistance to those revived trends and fads that seem to have gripped both art world and critical chatter. Her exhibitions are like space travel. She insists on taking the present into the future.
 
Her unique eye possesses a neutrality that reflects current culture rather than trying to impose or predict its course.

The Museum of New Art (MONA) is located at 7 North Saginaw Street, Pontiac, Michigan - 2nd floor.

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