Oru am Sudá

This is Oru's first painting. In this Visual Unit the central (initial) work was painted in 1996, receiving the first external work in 1997 and the second one in 1998. The plant that served as a model - Norantea sp. (rare specie) - was rediscovered in the Rio restinga's vegetation by Oru and Edith Berchtold. - She, who inspired Oru to perform the painting: "A painting to be a painting, not the ones you paint on several inappropriate supports since you were five years old ..." She said. - They found that specimen in 1995 where the Rio Design Center Barra is currently being built, in Rio de Janeiro.

In 1998, Oru presented in his exhibition PARCERIAS your painting in relation with the authentic engraving by Candido Portinari, "O Homem à Janela", made to first edition cover of "O Alienista" of Machado de Assis and which is seen in center of this visual unity, serving as original or initial element of Oru's work. This engraving reached the hands of Oru by Frau Nery, who exchanged it for a painting by Oru in 1998. In 2004, that visual unit - baptized by Oru as "Cercado de Loucuras" - was exposed with two more external works done by Oru. A Visual Unit with multiple dates and two non-contemporary authors.

For the first time two paintings (still lifes) of different dates were intentionally put into relation with other developed paintings within a Visual Unit.

This painting is a Temporary Visual Unit where the articulated paintings that compose it can be eventually changed and thus index new values to the set.

In this "pinacossoma" (a body of paintings) we see the original painting done by Alberto Vescovi (at left) articulated to the portrait of Alberto, made by Oru, while Alberto painted that!

Oru has produced hundreds of Visual Units relating original (initial) paintings to new ones. Keeping the physical integrity of the original works, especially if it is a property of someone or belongs to the other notorious authors it is a necessary condition. Only the seventh and eleventh images are the ones that the original, or initial, are of the others authors. Namely respectively: anonymous one and Renato Camacho.