In the book Dudi Maia Rosa e as mortes da pintura, Oswaldo Corrêa da Costa, a Brazilian researcher based in New York, make an analysis of the trajectory of the artist, from 1978, from an individual exhibition, until 2003. The author investigates the production of Maia Rosa as a pioneer in the development of a contemporary painting, in the Brazil, at the same time as it creates a relation with an artistic production in other countries, during the period.