L'OPERA “JOKER” È L'ULTIMA NATA IN QUESTO DIFFICILE PERIODO LEGATO ALLE PROBLEMATICHE COVID CHE STIAMO VIVENDO.OPERA DI FORTISSIMO IMPATTO VISIVO, RACCONTA IL DUALISMO DELL'ESSERE UMANO. UNA DISPARITÀ TRA MENTE E CORPO, UNA CONTRAPPOSIZIONE TRA BENE E MALE, RAZIONALITÀ CONTRO PAZZIA, DUE ASPETTI CHE SI ALTERNANO TRA LORO. IN JOKER È PRESENTE TUTTA LA FOLLIA CHE È RACCHIUSA IN OGNUNO DI NOI E CHE TENIAMO SEMPRE NASCOSTA. UN CARATTERE VULNERABILE ED AL TEMPO STESSO FORTE, SI RACCONTA ATTRAVERSO IL VOLTO DEL FAMOSO CLOWN CINEMATOGRAFICO, AMBIGUO ED AFFASCINANTE NELLO STESSO TEMPO. UN'OPERA CHE DIFFICILMENTE PUÒ TROVARE UNA SPIEGAZIONE ACCADEMICA, PERCHÉ RACCHIUDE IN SÉ TUTTA LA FORZA ESPRESSIVA DI OGNI PENSIERO DI CRITICA. REALIZZATA SU UNO SPECIALE PANNELLO RETROILLUMINATO. VOYAGE SERIES BORN DURING THE MONTHS THAT MARKED THE PHASES OF THE SPREAD OF COVID 19, THIS SERIES GOES THROUGH THE MOST DRAMATIC MOMENTS OF THIS COMPLEX GLOBAL PHASE WITH IRONIC POSITIVITY. CONCEIVED EVEN BEFORE THE SPREAD OF THE PANDEMIC, ALMOST AS IF IT HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED BY THE THOUGHT OF HE ARTIST, IT HAS THE STRENGTH TO TRANSPORT US THROUGH FASCINATING CITIES EMPTIED OF THE ENERGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE, AND JOURNEYS FULL OF HOPE, WHICH MAKE US FLY HIGH JUST LIKE THAT BALLOON FULL OF DREAMS. A DIFFERENT LOVE, AND A KISS CONTACTLESS, FACE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT. RADCHENKO'S ART HAS THE REGENERATING POWER OF REBIRTH, TOLD IN A SYMBOLIC PAINTING "THE AWAKENING AFTER THE CONFUSION" THAT CONFRONTS THE TRAGEDY OF THE PANDEMIC, ALWAYS LEAVING US WITH HOPE OF NEW BEGINNINGS, JUST LIKE THAT LITTLE BLOSSOMING FLOWERS COLORING THE GRAY OF TIME. IF ART IS A MIRROR, NEVER AS IN FRONT OF THIS ARTWORK, WE FIND OURSELVES IN FRONT OF THE MAN'S DRAMA. A RELENTLESS INNER STRUGGLE, A HUMAN DISCOMFORT, TOLD THROUGH THE AMBIGUOUS CHARACTER OF JOKER. HALFWAY BETWEEN A CRY AND A FORCED LAUGH, THIS CANVAS SCREAMS THE EXISTENTIAL DISCOMFORT INHERENT IN LIFE. AN ARTWORK OF VERY STRONG VISUAL AND EMOTIONAL IMPACT, IT CHOOSES THE THEME OF DUALISM AS ITS UNDISPUTED PROTAGONIST. A STRUGGLE BETWEEN MIND AND BODY, A DICHOTOMY BETWEEN JUSTICE AND CHAOS, RATIONALITY AGAINST MADNESS, CONTRAST BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, MADNESS AND CALM. JOKER, IS EACH OF US. THE INTERPRETATIVE KEY OF THIS CONCEPT IS THE EXPRESSION OF A HIDDEN INTERIORITY, TWO ABSOLUTE CONCEPTS, GOOD AND EVIL, WHICH ALTERNATE WITH EACH OTHER IN AN ETERNAL CONFLICT. A DANTE'S JOURNEY INTO THE SECRETS OF THE SOUL, WHERE WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY. IN CONSTANT STRUGGLE WITH EACH OTHER, CORRESPOND TO THE ORIGINAL INSTINCTS THEORIZED BY FREUD: EROS AND THANATOS, LOVE AND HATE, LIFE AND DEATH THAT TRESPASS ONE INTO THE OTHER, TO ALLOW LIFE TO EVOLVE. IN AN ETERNAL DANCE BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS, WE ARE CONSTANTLY AT THE MERCY OF FORCES THAT ONLY WITH AWARENESS CAN I COEXIST WITHOUT ANNIHILATING. THIS ARTWORK IS REALIZED ON A SPECIFIC BACKLIT PANEL