A Life Refracted: The Autobiographical Worlds of Zush/Evru Alberto Porta y Muñoz, a name perhaps less familiar than the alter egos he inhabited – Zush and Evru – stands as a pivotal figure in Catalan contemporary art. Born in Barcelona in 1946, his journey wasn’t one of linear progression but rather a series of deliberate reinventions, each marked by a profound exploration of identity, perception, and the boundaries between sanity and madness. Porta's early life, steeped in the world of textiles through his parents’ professions – his father a businessman, his mother a designer – instilled a…