{"id":4177,"date":"2026-01-26T12:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=4177"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:07:26","slug":"painted-lego-bricks-appear-to-move-and-vibrate-in-katherine-duclos-assemblages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=4177","title":{"rendered":"Painted LEGO Bricks Appear to Move and Vibrate in Katherine Duclos\u2019 Assemblages"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Painted<\/p>\n

Starting with the inherently gridded layouts of LEGO baseplates, Katherine Duclos<\/a> creates vibrant, undulating compositions of pastels and gradients. The Vancouver-based artist employs the colorful bricks<\/a> in a variety of geometric patterns and low-relief textures to achieve dynamic compositions that appear almost kinetic, adding her own effects with paint. The impression of movement, paired with the tactility of the toy pieces, transforms a familiar object we typically associate with childlike play into a elegant assemblages cradled in wood panels.<\/p>\n

A large-scale, participatory exhibition of new work by Duclos, including a couple of LEGO pieces, marks the first presentation of the new ACT Arts Centre<\/a> in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. The compositions you see here go on view in Grid Memories<\/em> at Heron Arts<\/a> in San Francisco alongside works by Alexis Arnold,\u00a0Gina Borg,\u00a0and Kim Bennett, running from January 31 to March 5. And she\u2019s currently working toward another interactive show slated for June in Sweden, during which visitors will be able to interact with Duclos\u2019 LEGO pieces. Find more on her Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLime in Coconut\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cInvasive Landscaping May Be All We Have\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of \u201cInvasive Landscaping May Be All We Have\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cA Natural Set of Events\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cBurning Down the House\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of \u201cBurning Down the House\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cSun in the Field\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Starting with the inherently gridded layouts of LEGO baseplates, Katherine Duclos creates vibrant, undulating compositions of pastels and gradients. The Vancouver-based artist employs the colorful bricks in a variety of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}