The Radical Unpresent
Cultural Resistance in a Fractured World
$65.06
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2026
Summary
A necessary and timely exploration of art activism today, informed by centuries of protest. How contemporary artists and activists are navigating and resisting the collapse of historical time in our uncanny present.
The Radical Unpresent examines our disorienting contemporary moment, in which our experience of time has become profoundly disrupted. Building on his earlier work on ‘dark matter’ in the art world, Gregory Sholette introduces the concept of the unpresent—a conditi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262054119 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262054116 |
| Author: | Gregory Sholette |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Gregory Sholette
Gregory Sholette is Professor at the City University of New York and Co-Director of the Mellon Foundation funded project Social Practice CUNY (SPCUNY). He was previously an associate of the Art, Design, and the Public Domain program at the Harvard GSD.
Sholette is the author of:
- The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art
- Delirium and Resistance
- Art as Social Action (with Chloe Bass)
- Dark Matter
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