LOY LUO THEORETICAL COLLECTION
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Loy Luo | Homeless, New York, 2020
Guiseng Zhang
Interview by Guiseng Zhang / Originally published on Insightart (Dec 2020) / Reprinted in Loy Luo Theoretical Collection, 2025
Abstract
“Homeless, New York 2020” documents Loy Luo’s artistic and existential reflections during the pandemic year of 2020. Originating from her self-imposed displacement in New York, the series examines loneliness, identity, and the fragility of existence through the lens of both performance and painting. It traces her transition from figurative documentation to conceptual expression, revealing how themes of homelessness, masking, and bodily presence become signifiers of the modern human condition. The article also reflects on the philosophical dimension of Luo’s creative transformation — from immediate emotional observation to abstract contemplation — and situates her “Homeless” exhibition as a symbolic encounter between art, death, and spiritual endurance in the time of crisis.
Keywords
Loy Luo; Homeless Series; Pandemic Art; Existential Reflection; Identity and Body; Abstract Transformation; Performance and Painting; New York 2020.
Full Text: https://www.loyluospace.com/homeless-newyork-2020
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Biographical Note
Loy Luo is a contemporary artist, curator, and writer based in New York. Her practice spans painting, sculpture, installation, and theory, exploring the philosophical and cultural dimensions of abstraction.
Banner image: Detail from a installation view of Loy Luo's "Homeless" Solo Show at Undercurrent Gallery.