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immersed in the forest and in intimate relationship with it

creates conceptual works that raise questions regarding what art is

Photographer: Mika Ninagawa

Tom Johnson: Butoh (signed) Writing annotatingTom Johnsons remarkable photographic journey into Japanese Butoh reveals performers as both otherworldly spirits and deeply human beings. Butoh, the revolutionary dance form that emerged from post war Japan, transforms the human body into a vessel for primal expression. Johnsons lens follows these ghostly figures as they navigate between performance and reality, documenting moments both sublime and surprisingly mundane: a dancer savoring a popsicle,