Critical Race Theory In Fine Arts: Understanding Identity And Resistance Through Visual Culture

Abstract

The research study evaluates Critical Race Theory (CRT) interaction with fine arts as it studies how visual culture simultaneously builds and dismantles racial identities and power arrangements within structures. As a legal theory development, CRT now functions as an analytical structure for understanding racial discrimination systems and how racial minorities use art to counter oppression. The paper demonstrates how fine art by Basquiat and Walker shapes traditional racial portrayals by revealing alternative perspectives about historical and present-day racial cruelties. This research confirms how fine art uses representation to express racial identities and addresses systemic racism through advocacy towards social transformations. The study presents qualitative research through art evaluation and conversations with artists along with ethnographic site investigations in public art environments to show CRT handles racial aspects in visual arts. This paper extends knowledge about art as a tool for empowerment and resistance through social transformation while focusing on how visual culture shapes public discussions about racism..