Marco Valoti: Les Géants – A Battle for the Soul
In ancient mythology, giants were born of Gaia, the Earth, as avengers of the Titans imprisoned by Zeus in Tartarus, the deepest abyss of the underworld. They are beings of excess—creatures of raw instinct, unrestrained and colossal, embodying the primal forces that humanity must confront to evolve.
Valoti’s Les Géants is a powerful artistic meditation on this eternal struggle. Through a series of 22 ink and acrylic paintings on 280g paper, created in 2008, the artist explores the mythological and symbolic weight of giants as entities both terrifying and necessary. With wild, thick hair and massive limbs, these figures exude an almost prehistoric force, reminiscent of ancient reptiles that once ruled the earth.
Yet, beneath their fearsome appearance lies a deeper narrative. The giants represent the obstacles humanity must overcome—the raw, untamed forces of the self that must be conquered for true spiritual growth. In Valoti’s vision, the battle against the giants is not merely a conflict of strength but a metaphor for inner transformation. It is the struggle to transcend brute existence, to refine chaos into harmony, and to elevate material instinct into higher consciousness.
The textures and contrasts in Valoti’s technique further emphasize this duality. His use of India ink and acrylic creates an interplay between shadow and light, between solidity and dissolution, capturing the very essence of the giants’ paradoxical nature. The dark, expressive strokes evoke a sense of movement and tension, as if the figures are caught in the very act of struggle—locked between destruction and creation.
Through Les Géants, Marco Valoti invites us to witness this mythological confrontation, not as passive spectators but as participants in our own existential battles. It is a call to rise above our limitations, to face our inner giants, and to embrace the journey toward spiritual refinement.
Will we conquer the giants within?
