Look closer...do you see it? Photos: Cassandra C. Jones
Have you ever looked at something from afar and it was one thing but as you got closer, it became something completely different? That's what
Cassandra C. Jones' wallpaper is all about. She uses found photographs to create beautiful patterns that look like abstract patterns from afar, but upon closer inspection, you can see each individual person or animal repeating to create the whole.
Cassandra notes the duality of each wallpaper subject. For example, see the gallery above. On the left, cheerleaders are simultaneously innocent and provocative. On the right, flamingos are both real creatures and pink plastic novelties.
These installations remind me of wallpaper with double meaning. Let's look at a few, shall we?
From afar they look like regular wallpaper patterns, but up close, it's a whole different story.
From left to right: Paul Loebach's Yee-Ha! turns damask into Texas at second glance, call for price; These papers appear pure and abstract but get up close and naughty pictures appear,
RendezVous by Vlaemsch, $99/roll;
Flavor Paper's City Park looks like a lovely damask but up close you can see the fire hydrant, rats and pigeons, $150/roll.
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