"That Jones refers to her still-frame animations as “re-animations” is apt, though in truth, her work is full of the vivid and unexpected turns that define the animation of real life. As Jones says, “If you find enough photos you can recreate life with them.” Though she is aware of the cynicism that could be inferred from the reuse of such familiar visual tropes, Jones’ work instead celebrates these similarities for their ability to reveal a common human pursuit of beauty that does not yield to established boundaries."
By Kim Beil
ART LTD/ WEST COAST ART + DESIGN
March Issue, 2008
"Don't let the title fool you: for her second solo effort at Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Cassandra C. Jones isn't just offering viewers another photography exhibition. After all, Jones doesn't actually work from behind the lens; rather, her photographic images are created by meticulously arranging photos she's collected. The ornate, flocked patterns of her wallpaper installation are, in fact, carefully constructed collages of found images of pink flamingos. If you look closely at all the pieces here, you'll find each arabesque hides a clever pattern of tropical birds, cheerleaders, or some other tantalizing figural surprise."
By Ashley Tibbits
flavorpill
Dec 12, 2007
"Tucked away in a darkened corner of CAF's main gallery, Cassandra C. Jones's video installation "Wax and Wane" draws us into a different, real time reverie than the static art elsewhere. A rat-a-tat slide show unreels fleeting images of nature and the man-made world as we know it, while a moon remains constant on the screen and runs through its phases.
Observing the meditative moon and the dizzying earthly parade, we might conjure up Camus' existential reference to the "benign indifference of the universe." Civilization and human culture may race and change and embrace self-destruction, but the moon's monthly progress and the tides and surf conditions carry on, regardless. So we hope."
Santa Barbara News Press
November 30, 2007
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"Photographer and animator Cassandra C. Jones employs great technical precession with works such as her kaleidoscope-patterned collages. The series "Good Cheer" depicts appropriated images of cheerleaders meticulously reconstructed and digitally printed into ornate patterns. The artist has used the imagery to develop complex wallpapers that dissolve into marginally recognizable anthropomorphic forms when the viewer gains distance from the pattern."
By DailyServing.com
May, 29th 2007
Pulse New York--Part 2
"Cassandra C. Jones' limited edition art wallpaper boggles the mind. Upon initial inspection, it appears you've found yourself in the Queen's parlor; Prince of Wales tea is soon to be served in the conservatory. Then, eureka-- wait... uh... are those flamingos?"
"Today's buyers are not only looking to have something simply to hang on their walls-- we are past that-- they are looking at something that will BE a work of art; make their dwelling, and their entire world atmosphere part of the process. Jones does just that, and is truly ahead of her time in acknowledging this."
By Oly
March 6th, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO ART GALLERIES - OPENINGS
Queens Nails Annex
"Cassandra Jones demonstrates copious command with respect to spatial relation, sequential configuration, and design. In room one, she digitally fragments and then reconfigures images of flamingos into fantastically entertainingly impressively elaborate prints and, my favorite, patterned wallpaper. Rarely do I see imagery capable of going both ways-- totally-- fine or decorative, but you got that here. In room two, Jones co-opts various still photographs of geese in flight from various sources, then sorts, orders, sizes, and otherwise nuances 'em into motion pictures, so you think you're looking at videos of single geese flying, the only giveaway being that the backgrounds constantly change. As if that's not enough, she then V's these individual geese videos up into formation like they're migrating. Admirable endeavor on all counts."
By Steve MacDonald
ArtBusiness.com
February 2nd, 2007
Cassandra C. Jones at Nathan Larramendy Gallery
“For Jones, photography is a core medium, but she belongs to a new breed of photographers - or call them photography-based artists-who grapple with questions of relevance and context in a world gone thick and dizzy with photographic images and clichéd uses thereof.”
By Josef Woodard
Artweek
THE NATIONAL VOICE OF WEST COAST CONTEMPORY ART
Featured Article. Feburary, 2006 Issue.
Rah! Rah! What?
Cassandra C. Jones’ photo collages at Nathan Larramendy Gallery are more than meets the eye
“It is this mental process — first looking, then understanding, then questioning, then understanding some more — that makes Jones’ work such a delight to see, and to see again. It’s what elevates her work from being merely visually interesting to intellectually stimulating, and is certainly what’s interested exhibitors and visitors in places like the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts in Oregon and, most recently, with the Nathan Larramendy Gallery at the Pulse invitational fair, in Miami.”
By Molly Freedenberg
VC Reporter
Art and Culture Section. December, 8th 2005
Nathan Larramendy Gallery Exhibition Essay
"Approaching
her photography with the discipline of a trained athlete, Cassandra C.
Jones brings technical perfection to her subject matter. The series
Good Cheer which initially appears to be a group of pretty kaleidoscopic
images, or patterns reminiscent of your grandmother’s floral wallpaper,
reveals complexity under closer scrutiny. Cassandra C. Jones has taken
appropriation a step beyond, using found photographs in an entirely
new way. Using images of cheerleaders, Jones digitally manipulates
and constructs colorful kaleidoscopic patterns, which, at close range,
dissolve into recognizable human forms. Open, eager faces of
“All American” girls peer out from interlocking splayed limbs –
upraised legs and bare midriffs. Jones’ cheerleaders exude both energy
and sexuality, alluding to the wholesomeness of their activity and the
sport that is, at the same time, driven by primal energy."
By Karen Sinsheimer
Curator of Photography
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
December 2005
Art exhibit is shocking and awesome
“Some of the best art today makes you re-think your relationship to objects, events or places with which you have regular contact. It presents something “ordinary” in a new way and begs you to consider ideas that are not immediately accessible, but are so intriguing that you can’t help wrestling with them until they’re at least partially unlocked. Such is the case with the works of “Shock and Awesome,” the MFA thesis exhibition currently at Carnegie Mellon University."
"Cassandra Jones’s five-minute photo animation loop, “Eventide,” is one of these thought-provoking" pieces.”
By Erin Lawley
The Pitt News
A&E Section. April 2nd, 2004