Austine Wood Comarow

Austine Wood Comarow
Born
Austine Barton Read

(1942-11-10)November 10, 1942
Louisville, KY
Died(2020-07-31)July 31, 2020
Las Vegas, Nevada
NationalityAmerican
EducationInternational School of Geneva
Swarthmore College
Indiana University, BA
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Syracuse University
Known forArtist and inventor of Polage art
Notable work“Human Connections” permanent installation at the Museum of Science (Boston), Red Wing
”Rose Windows” in the Sleeping Beauty Castle, Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant at Eurodisney Chessy, France
MovementLight Art
Spouses
H. John Wood, III
​
​
(m. 1963; div. 1976)​
David Comarow
​
(m. 1976)​
ChildrenCara Ginder and Erika Wood
Parents

Austine Wood Comarow (November 10, 1942 – July 31, 2020) was an American artist known for inventing Polage art, an art medium using color created out of polarized white light and clear cellulose.

Early life

Austine was born in Louisville, KY, daughter of diplomat James Morgan Read and artist Henrietta Morton Read. She lived in Germany when her father was Chief of the Division of Education and Cultural Relations of the Allied High Commission for Occupied Germany, (HICOG). The family moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1951, when her father became Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees at the United Nations. In 1960, Austine returned to the United States to attend Swarthmore College, completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Russian Language and Literature at Indiana University in 1964. She studied art at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago from 1970 to 1973 and later earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at Syracuse University in 1981.

Career

In 1967, Austine began developing a new light art medium she named Polage art using polarizing filter and a collaging method of building images from cut pieces of clear cellulose. The medium produces brightly colored images without the use of pigments or dyes of any kind, and when manipulating materials in the viewers’ hands or within the workings of the art itself, the colors shift and morph the visible images.

Her work is included in the permanent collections at the Museum of Science Boston, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, and Swarthmore College,[1] along with hospitals, museums,[2] public spaces[3][4] and private collections the world over.

In 1998, Austine began a continuing relationship with Maui Jim, which specializes in high-quality polarized sunglasses.

References

  1. ^ "The Art of Polage". Swarthmore College Bulletin.
  2. ^ Wood-Comarow, Austine (1991). "Wood-Comarow, A. (1991) Labyrinthe De Lumière". Leonardo. 24 (1): 84–86.
  3. ^ "Motion Devotion Austine Wood Comarow's exhibit at LVAM really moves". Las Vegas Sun. 13 January 2005.
  4. ^ "Valley artist's work requires active viewing for different perspective". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 28 June 2015.

• Official Website
• Maui Jim, Inc. on its collaboration with Austine

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