Critiques of Racism in Art: Strong Reactions Against Racism after Death

Yıl 2025, Sayı: 34, 333 - 351, 02.07.2025

Serhan Karanfil

https://doi.org/10.26650/sty.2025.1573713

Öz

This study examines how art has become an effective tool in the fight against racism and its role in achieving social justice. The attitudes of artists who criticise racism in art during racist deaths are evaluated through their works. In this context, three tragic events were identified and the critical attitudes of artists and their works on these events were analysed. In the study, artworks were analysed through the discourse analysis method and it was evaluated how artists expressed their anti-racist criticisms in their works. In particular, events such as the tragic death of Aylan Kurdi, the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement have created a global universality and encouraged reactions to racial inequalities through artworks. By analysing the content and visual elements of the artworks within the framework of discourse analysis, it is examined how they offer a critical perspective against systemic racism and how they structure the discourse of social justice. In their works, the artists both criticise systemic racism and advocate for social justice. This study examines the expansion of directive activism, detailing the revolutionary power of art against racial injustice and violence. This study aims to make an important contribution to understanding the transformative power of art in confronting and resisting racism, and examines in detail the contributions and reactions of artists in this process and the role of art in the struggle for social justice through discourse analysis.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Art and racism , Aylan Kurdi , Black Lives Matter , critiques of racism in art , George Floyd

Sanatta Irkçılık Eleştirileri: Ölümler Sonrası Irkçılığa Karşı Güçlü Çıkışlar

Öz

Bu çalışma, sanatın ırkçılıkla mücadelesinde nasıl etkili bir araç haline geldiği ve sosyal adaletin sağlanmasında üstlendiği rolü incelemektedir. Sanatta ırkçılık eleştirileri sunan sanatçıların, ırkçı ölümler sırasında sergilediği tutumları eserler aracılığıyla değerlendirilmiştir. Bu kapsamda üç trajik olay belirlenmiş ve bu olaylar üzerine sanatçı ve eserlerinin eleştirel tutumları incelenmiştir. Çalışmada sanat eserleri, söylem analizi yöntemiyle incelenmiş ve sanatçıların eserlerinde ırkçılık karşıtı eleştirilerini nasıl dile getirdikleri değerlendirilmiştir. Özellikle Aylan Kurdi’nin trajik ölümü, George Floyd’un ölümü ve Black Lives Matter hareketi gibi olaylar, küresel çapta bir evrensellik yaratmış ve ırksal eşitsizliklere karşı sanat eserleriyle tepkileri teşvik etmiştir. Sanat eserlerinin içerik ve görsel unsurları söylem analizi çerçevesinde ele alınarak, sistemsel ırkçılığa karşı nasıl bir eleştirel bakış sunduğu ve sosyal adalet söylemini nasıl yapılandırdığı incelenmiştir. Sanatçılar, çalışmalarında hem sistemsel ırkçılığa karşı eleştiriler sunmakta hem de sosyal adaletin savunuculuğunu yapmaktadır. Çalışma, ırksal adaletsizlik ve şiddete karşı sanatın devrimci gücünü detaylandırarak, yönlendirici aktivizmin genişlemesini incelemektedir. Bu çalışma, sanatın ırkçılıkla yüzleşme ve direnmedeki dönüştürücü gücünü anlamaya yönelik önemli bir katkı sağlamayı amaçlamakta, sanatçıların bu süreçteki katkılarını ve tepkilerini, sanatın sosyal adalet mücadelesindeki rolünü söylem analizi yöntemiyle detaylı bir şekilde incelemektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler

Aylan Kurdi , Black Lives Matter , George Floyd , sanat ve ırkçılık , sanatta ırkçılık eleştirileri

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