The seven lives of the cat bornaix

In Quim Hereu’s estrambòtic world, cats do not die—they simply shift dimensions.That’s why we find cats from different cultures—Catalan, Egyptian, English—observing the world from another reality. At the center, a headless female figure appears three times: representing past, present, and future coexisting.Around her, a man drags a stone, unaware that he only needs to let go of the rope for the burden to vanish—a visual metaphor for how we cling to our problems. Among other elements are the mosquito inside a bubble (a key character from the Ten Cities series) and the branch-men, often used by Hereu to represent fear and indecision.The artwork is a universe full of mysteries that are not meant to be solved, but simply contemplated. That’s how estrambotisme works.