Ache77's 'Ecce Homo, Ecce Eva' Transforms Spray Cans into Canvases at Street Levels Gallery

Street Levels Gallery in Florence, founded in 2016 by Sonia Bonacchi, Gianluca Milli, and street artist Ache77, presents Ache77's solo exhibition 'Ecce Homo, Ecce Eva (Quelli che si ricordano)' running until January 11. The show features over seventy works where the artist innovatively repurposes thousands of used spray cans—cut and assembled on wooden boards—as supports for his portraits. This technique reverses the traditional role of the spray can from tool to surface. The exhibition marks both an end and a new beginning in Ache77's artistic journey, according to Bonacchi. The artist incorporates rust as a living, mutable material, turning urban decay into visual poetry. Curated by Roberto Civetta with Lucrezia Cirri, the works evoke archetypal figures and invite introspection, framing remembrance as an act of care and resistance against oblivion. Ache77, a key figure in Florence's urban art scene, has previously been featured by the gallery alongside artists like James Vega, Miles, Nian, and Guerilla Spam.