Motus Fort is pleased to present an ongoing decade of Tai Ogawa’s growing expression and form. In recent works all characters are depicted alive, despite any physical bodily damage and amputations. They may be at the edge of life, but sustaining such condtion is untenable. With this realization we can see the development and maturing of ideas which balance on improbable borders. While color and characters keep constant, approaches to conveying and exploring the relationship from image to form evolve. Bored, frustrated and dissatisfied by limitations of flat, rectilinear surfaces, Tai engages both sides of the paper and cuts out forms to expand each drawing beyond a form on a plain— some are folded, positioned stage-like onto miniature scenes, and others forming chains or totems. His hilarious rocks make use of their natural form as he projects image-facets and incorporates the natural structure of the rock to free the inherent drawing on the outside. Working with angling plains his drawings never cease being drawings, never willing to morph into sculpture, but rest somewhere in between.