羅 一
罗洛理论文集
ISSN [3070-3417]（网络系列）
The Backed and the Void: A Structural Call for Legitimacy in Contemporary Art
Loy Luo 2025
Abstract
Abstract This paper, continuing the structural analysis of the crisis of legitimacy from the previous article, takes the exhibition The Backed and the Void as a case study to argue for the possibility of Self-Endorsement as a mechanism for institutional renewal. The research points out that institutional power is derived from the regulation of viewing methods, the production of meaning structures, and the setting of subject positions. The artist, through the visualization of the thought system, the generation of scopic regimes, and the occupation of political futurity, forms a verifiable, experiential institutional alternative structure. This paper demonstrates that Self-Endorsement is not an individualistic self-proclamation, but a reverse genesis internal to the institutional structure, ariculating art as a structural condition of thought.
Keywords
Self-Endorsement; Institutional Critique; Scopic Regime; Politics of Visibility; Cross-Cultural Subjectivity; Contemporary Art
The Backed and the Void: A Structural Call for Legitimacy in Contemporary Art
The Backed and the Void: A Study on the Institutional Genesis of the Self-Endorsement Mechanism
Loy Luo 2025
Abstract
This paper, continuing the structural analysis of the crisis of legitimacy from the previous article, takes the exhibition The Backed and the Void as a case study to argue for the possibility of Self-Endorsement as a mechanism for institutional renewal. The research points out that institutional power is derived from the regulation of viewing methods, the production of meaning structures, and the setting of subject positions. The artist, through the visualization of the thought system, the generation of scopic regimes, and the occupation of political futurity, forms a verifiable, experiential institutional alternative structure. This paper demonstrates that Self-Endorsement is not an individualistic self-proclamation, but a reverse genesis internal to the institutional structure, ariculating art as a structural condition of thought.
Keywords
Self-Endorsement; Institutional Critique; Scopic Regime; Politics of Visibility; Cross-Cultural Subjectivity; Contemporary Art
The Backed and the Void: A Study on the Institutional Genesis of the Self-Endorsement Mechanism
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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. She is the founder of Loy Luo Space (Tribeca, NYC), an independent “Open Theater” dedicated to experimental exhibitions and interdisciplinary collaboration.
横幅图片：展览现场图，选自《被认可还是不被认可？——当代艺术合法性的内在领域》，展出罗洛的作品，于2025年在纽约罗洛空间展出。