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Marco Valoti: The Glass Man and the Poetics of Fragility
Glass fusing is an art in which layers of glass are fused together through heat, creating works with an ethereal transparency and delicate texture. Marco Valoti has made this his expressive language, exploring the relationship between material and identity, between presence and absence. The Glass Man A figure without a face, without age, without a name. Transparent, almost incorporeal. A being suspended in time and space, vulnerable yet in motion. Valoti’s work is populated with these ghostly, totemic presences that narrate the human condition through the fragility of glass. The series L’homme en marche (2013/14) consists of 38 fused glass pieces, images suspended between reality and evanescence. Alongside these are…
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Marco Valoti and “Souffle de Vent”: Art as a Breath of Memory
In the contemporary art scene, Marco Valoti stands out for his ability to transform matter and space into a poetic dialogue between past and present. His work Souffle de Vent perfectly embodies this philosophy, playing with transparencies and inclinations of memory, in a continuous tension between recollection and the aspiration towards new perspectives. Souffle de Vent presents itself as an ethereal and evocative installation: twelve sails of different sizes and colors, 2.50 meters high, arranged in a park in Rocamadour and left to interact with the wind for six months in 2013. These sails are not merely scenic elements but true reflective surfaces, mirrors of a past that collides with…
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Ipanca
The Dancer of the ForestOnce upon a time, there was a young woman who lived in a forest.She loved dancing at night around the trees.She was so light that she seemed to fly.Her soul was kind, yet people were afraid of her. From La sirena el Boracio
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Marco Valoti e il suo deserto interiore
Nel cuore della ricerca artistica di Marco Valoti, il deserto si fa esperienza sensoriale totale, una dimensione che va oltre la rappresentazione visiva per diventare percezione fisica e interiore. Nella serie Le Désert (2007-2008), composta da 18 dipinti su carta (70 x 50 cm, realizzati con pastello e acrilico su carta da 280 gr.), l’artista traduce la vastità e la profondità del deserto attraverso il linguaggio del colore. Per Valoti, il deserto non è solo un paesaggio, ma un insieme di sensazioni avvolgenti, difficili da riprodurre con immagini o parole. Le sue opere raccontano un viaggio interiore, dove il colore diventa il mezzo primario di espressione. L’odore e il colore…
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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…
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Marco Valoti: A Journey Beyond Time and Space
It’s a long story. A tale that could begin with Gilgamesh, the solar giant, the fifth king of Uruk. Ancient tablets recount a dream of immortality—an eternal pursuit that transcends ages and civilizations. It is a story we all know, set at the edge of the forest, the deep woods—the realm of fairies, dryads, elves, Hansel and Gretel. A collective memory, an inherited myth. We have all been there, standing at the threshold between the known and the unknown, between creation and dissolution. Marco Valoti’s artistic expression embodies this journey—an ode to the eternal struggle of humankind. His work echoes the challenge launched at the future, a journey that began…
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Project Rocamadour
Rocamadour, a city in balance between heaven and earth’ project for the Carrefour International du Tourisme, 6 and 7 April 2005.Design: two modular structures, seven modules, a globe and a sportelle. 7 modules on the city gates1 module with sportelle1 module representing the city1 acrylic pictogram on PlexiglasYear 2005M.V.L.C
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Marco Valoti and Le Graal: Humanity at the Crossroads of Its Evolution
At the heart of Marco Valoti’s artistic research lies “Le Graal,” an intense work that questions the destiny of humanity in light of its own technological and scientific ambitions. With technical and conceptual mastery, Valoti invites us to reflect on one of the most pressing issues of our time: how far can we push ourselves in our attempt to transcend the limits of our own nature? At the beginning of history, man appears fragile, vulnerable, exposed to countless dangers. But his ability to overcome difficulties leads him to create, think, and communicate. However, his journey does not end there: today, he aspires to dominate his own nature, determining the forms…
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🌬️ MEMENTO – VALOTI TURNING WIND INTO MEMORY 🌬️
“Like the wind filling the sail, we are all just passing through.” Memento, the artwork by Valoti, stands in the landscape of Rocamadour, at La Borie d’Imbert, as a bridge between past and future. An installation that rises from the earth, takes root in the present, and projects itself towards the sky in a gesture of hope and continuity. Seven steel and iron steles, vibrant with light and movement, create a semi-mobile structure where wind, canvas, and colors interact with the surrounding space. In this land filled with stories and legends, Memento becomes a profound reflection on time, memory, and the overcoming of human limitations. An artwork that breathes with…
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“Les Eaux Assises” – An Indian Chant
An ancient song resonates through time, carried by the breath of the duduk. “Les Eaux Assises” is a series of 35 paintings (45 x 65 cm), created with acrylic and Indian ink on paper between 2002 and 2003. A work where the memory of a disappearing people is captured in matter, preserving the ephemeral before it vanishes. The voices rise: Sisi yaYuwa sisi yaAsa koramaNana sisi wowNana sisi wowoEeeeehhhhhhhh Today, perhaps, they have already disappeared… A fragile territory, a threatened culture, an artistic expression as the ultimate witness. “Les Eaux Assises” invites us to listen, to feel, to remember.
