Richard Misiano-Genovese
Richard Misiano-Genovese (born 1947) is a collagist, photographer, painter, and theorist.
Misiano-Genovese is the intitiator of the Altered Lithograph, Excavation Collage and Novel.
“If you approach art with the intention of creating shock value, then you limit yourself and your audience, and will be put in the unenviable position of trying to top yourself with each succeeding effort. However if you allow the process of creation to unfold in a more objective manner, let the unconscious guide the pathway, and by chance shocking images present themselves, then you are released from the responsibility of intent. You no longer need the burden of expression to outdo yourself in a shocking manner – and it is of no purpose to focus merely on shock value for its own sake. Let the images give rise to their own intentions.”