The Story Of Luca, The Homeless Man Adopted By The Monti District, Sold Out With Hearts Painted On Canvas

Luca Incatasciato creates art during the day wherever it happens, between the alleys and squares of the Rione Monti, which lives on “loan for use”, sometimes to paint his hearts on the canvas, sometimes to give his impromptu speeches. Then, in the evening, like every end of the day for the past 17 years, he reaches the steps of a church in search of shelter.

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Because Luca is not only a talented 45-year-old painter, but also voluntarily homeless. He decided to live on the streets when he came to Rome in 2007 from Melilli, a small village in the Syracuse area.
Since then, the homeless Luca, as a freelance and ever-wandering artist, has learned that out there “it’s not as painful as you think – he himself says – for me the street is a teacher of life”.

At the same time, the street always becomes his creative muse, which for 15 long years has been dedicated to producing truly original designs in the district, lived as a large open-air studio. His production was incessant and passionate, so much so that a few months ago it piqued the interest of a person who was able to see the talent in Luca, and not just the man who now seemed fused with the street .

It is Fabrizio Di Nardo, a Montician artist and gallery owner, who gives a chance to this wanderer who can create beauty. After providing him with cards and tokens, he invites him to create a collection. It is the spark of a big city fairy tale that takes shape a few months later in the homeless artist’s first solo exhibition entitled “Luca goes to New York”. A milestone that turned out to be a success with the sale of over 50 paintings and the applause of the collectors.

Through the sale, Luca realizes his secret dream of going to the Big Apple to create works in Central Park and Times Square. After his return he has already produced a new collection, which he is exhibiting again in Fabrizio’s home workshop. «We are facing an exponent of metropolitan graffiti art. These paintings evoke Ligabue’s madness, Basquiat’s inspiration, the order that emerges from chaos,” explains the exhibition’s curator Giuseppe Ussani d’Escobar, adding: “They are childish drawings that make scattered hearts dance or smile at the sky. Luca enters homes and conquers people with his colorful footprints in the world, reminding us how important it is to be excited again ».