Kara Walker gained national and international recognition for her cut-paper silhouettes depicting historical narratives haunted by sexuality, violence, and subjugation.
Etienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister in the middle of the 18th century, is the ancestor of the term Silhouette. This artform was called after him since his name was linked with doing things on the cheap and because he enjoyed creating these images himself. Between 1790 and 1840, silhouettes were very popular in America.
Even the name of portraiture started to change as a result of the intense competition for portraits, going from its original name of "shadow portraits," which was more common, to the now-exotic name of profile portraits, "silhouettes."
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