Matthew Stone, boy wonder art star of London's underground, is one of the founders of the !WOWOW! art collective. Stone is a photographer, sculptor, performance artist, curator, writer, optimist and cultural provocateur. One of Stone's performances at the Tate Britain in 2008 attracted over 4000 visitors. According to his website, Stone "is an artist and shaman." And there happens to be a sort of orgiastic, ritualistic shamanism in his photographs, what with the allusions to ceremonial dance, plumes of thick white smoke and naked abandon. In fact, Stone is most well known for his nude photographs - the three images above are part of a series called Ritual. Matthew Stone will be participating in a group show entitled All That Is Unseen at the Nederpelt Gallery in Brooklyn - on view until March 14. www.alannederpelt.com or visit the artist's website www.matthewstone.co.uk