The master's thesis explores the concept of the intimate and its transformations across various historical, cultural, and social contexts. At its core, it investigates the relationship between art and intimacy, as well as the idea of appropriated intimacy – within artistic, social, and capitalist frameworks. The thesis analyses how selected artworks reflect the condition of intimacy in society, drawing on theoretical perspectives to articulate their implications. Intimacy is understood as a sensitive, unstable expression shaped by external influences, which, upon entering the art system and the public sphere, acquires new roles and meanings. Furthermore, the thesis critically addresses the display and appropriation of intimacy in artistic practices, raising questions of power, representation, ethics and authenticity. The final part of the thesis contextualizes the author's own artistic project, in which intimacy intertwines with memory, materiality, performative practice, and a personally embedded relationship to art.
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