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Some things cannot be bought, owned, or assigned a price.
You Can't Buy Intimacy explores the tension between emotional connection and the commodification of human relationships. Through a stark, minimalist composition, the work challenges the idea that intimacy, affection, and personal connection can be acquired through material exchange.
An oversized black barcode dominates the composition, its rigid, mechanical lines interrupted by the handwritten declaration, "you can't buy intimacy." The contrast between commercial identification and personal expression creates a visual dialogue between assigned value and emotional authenticity.
The barcode represents systems of consumption, ownership, and transaction, while the handwritten statement asserts the fundamental difference between possessing something and genuinely connecting with another person.
Part of Alissa Van Atta's ongoing exploration of femininity, identity, and power, the work questions the increasingly transactional nature of relationships and the cultural tendency to assign value to experiences that resist measurement.
Artwork Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Collage and resin on cradled wood
Artwork dimensions: 12 × 12 × 1 inches
Framed dimensions: 13 × 13 × 1.5 inches
Original, one-of-a-kind artwork
Signed by the artist
Price: $500
Some things cannot be bought, owned, or assigned a price.
You Can't Buy Intimacy explores the tension between emotional connection and the commodification of human relationships. Through a stark, minimalist composition, the work challenges the idea that intimacy, affection, and personal connection can be acquired through material exchange.
An oversized black barcode dominates the composition, its rigid, mechanical lines interrupted by the handwritten declaration, "you can't buy intimacy." The contrast between commercial identification and personal expression creates a visual dialogue between assigned value and emotional authenticity.
The barcode represents systems of consumption, ownership, and transaction, while the handwritten statement asserts the fundamental difference between possessing something and genuinely connecting with another person.
Part of Alissa Van Atta's ongoing exploration of femininity, identity, and power, the work questions the increasingly transactional nature of relationships and the cultural tendency to assign value to experiences that resist measurement.
Artwork Details
Year: 2026
Medium: Collage and resin on cradled wood
Artwork dimensions: 12 × 12 × 1 inches
Framed dimensions: 13 × 13 × 1.5 inches
Original, one-of-a-kind artwork
Signed by the artist
Price: $500