“It started out as a list of every “thing” I found beautiful, then as concepts and specific scenarios started to enter the list it turned into a kind of rubric in my studio for subject matter and materials to amalgamate. My mentor Cheryl Pope, who I’ve always seen as a romantic thinker, once told me that when you look at something and think “that’s beautiful,” it’s an otherworldly truth being told to you, and that’s what made me start doing it.” (Chan)
Ethan Chan is a conceptual artist currently based in Chicago, Illinois