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Ex nihilo<\/span><\/i><\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cout of nothing\u201d \u2013\u00a0\u00a0is often used to describe sudden creation. In this exhibition, it names something more intimate: the thoughts, emotions, and quiet awareness that arise within the viewer while spending time with Matthew Remsbecher\u2019s paintings, where very little is given at first glance and meaning must surface gradually.<\/p>\n Across modern art history, artists have turned to black at moments when painting needed to slow down, reset, or speak plainly.\u00a0<\/span>Kazimir Malevich<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(1879\u20131935), working in Moscow and Petrograd around the Russian Revolution, used black to make a radical break\u2014an attempt to begin again from a clean slate.\u00a0<\/span>Robert Motherwell<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(1915\u20131991), based in New York, carried black as a weight of political loss and historical grief in the aftermath of war.\u00a0<\/span>Mark Rothko<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(1903\u20131970), working primarily in New York, shaped black into quiet, inward spaces that invite reflection and emotional vulnerability.\u00a0<\/span>Ad Reinhardt<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(1913\u20131967), also working in New York, stripped painting down with black, asking viewers to look longer and more carefully, without distraction.<\/p>\n Matthew Remsbecher<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(b. 1985) enters this lineage from a different place. Working in Bellingham, Washington, his black paintings are not about starting over, mourning, transcendence, or refusal. They are about\u00a0<\/span>making<\/span><\/i><\/em>. Built from black plaster over black paint, the surfaces hold texture, drag, and unevenness\u2014clear evidence of work done by hand.<\/p>\n Raised around carpentry, travel, and unconventional living, and trained in sustainable design and urban planning, Remsbecher approaches painting as construction rather than illusion. These works do not announce themselves. They reward patience, closeness, and time spent looking. Here, black is not empty\u2014it is carefully built, quietly held, and open to whatever the viewer brings into the space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ background_color=”#b1b4bd”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_3″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_blurb title=”Deep Shifts” image=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Deep-Shifts-plaster-and-paint-35\u2033x51\u2033-Artist-Matt-Remsbecher-2025.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ header_font=”Song Myung||on||||||” text_orientation=”center” title_text=”Deep Shifts plaster and paint, 35\u2033x51\u2033, Artist- Matt Remsbecher, 2025″ body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font=”Song Myung||||||||”]<\/p>\n plaster and paint, 35\u2033x51\u2033,<\/p>\n Artist: Matt Remsbecher, 2025<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_3″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_blurb title=”Float” image=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Float-plaster-and-paint-35\u2033x51\u2033-Artist-Matt-Remsbecher-2025.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ title_text=”Float plaster and paint, 35\u2033x51\u2033, Artist- Matt Remsbecher, 2025″ header_font=”Song Myung||on||||||” text_orientation=”center” body_font=”Song Myung||||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n plaster and paint, 35\u2033x51\u2033,<\/p>\n Artist: Matt Remsbecher, 2025<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_3″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_blurb title=”Stroke” image=”https:\/\/yanluartsandculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Strokes-02-plaster-and-paint-1222×1622-Matt-Remsbecher-2025-scaled.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ title_text=”Strokes 02, plaster and paint, 12×16, Matt Remsbecher, 2025″ header_font=”Song Myung||on||||||” text_orientation=”center” body_font=”Song Myung||||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n plaster and paint, 12\u2033x16\u2033,<\/p>\n Artist: Matt Remsbecher, 2025<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Curated by Sophia Grace Kidd \ud83d\udd5f VIP Soir\u00e9e: 4:30 PM (email info@sophiagracegallery for vip membership) \ud83d\udccd Leader Block & a Half \ud83d\udd60 Opening Ceremony: 5:30 PM \ud83d\udccd Sophia Grace Gallery 2026 main st., ste. b, Ferndale, wa, 98248 Ex Nihilo: Matthew Remsbecher Ex nihilo\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201cout of nothing\u201d \u2013\u00a0\u00a0is often used to describe sudden creation. 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