Pick Me Up, Pull You Closer, Hold Me Tighter - Revisited
Year: 2018
Suspended bronze
Dimensions: 0.5m x 0.5m x 2.2m
Mass: 33kg
Selling Price: R245 000
(2 left in the Edition of 15)
An interlocking trio of individual figures.
This work is about experiences, trust and connectedness. MM
Suspended in air, three Lyra girls form a living chain of trust.
Each one is both anchor and lifeline — lifting, reaching, and holding.
The top figure becomes the first act of courage: the willingness to pick another up, to offer strength without fear of weight. The middle figure embodies intimacy — to pull someone closer is to allow vulnerability, to blur the line between separation and connection. The lowest figure is the plea and the surrender — hold me tighter, not because I cannot hold myself, but because closeness makes us stronger.
Together, the trio becomes a portrait of interdependence. They are not just performers in hoops, but a suspended constellation of human need: the push and pull of relationships, the balance of giving and receiving, the beauty of being held and holding in return.
Floating in space, they echo both fragility and resilience — a choreography frozen in bronze, reminding us that strength is not solitude but the weaving of bodies, hearts, and trust into a chain that does not break.
Assembly of 'Pick Me Up, Pull You Closer, Hold Me Tighter'
(Note this video is the smaller version of this 'revisited' piece - but the assembly of the three pieces is the same)
Assembly of 'Pick Me Up, Pull You Closer, Hold Me Tighter' in pictures:
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Pieces are available at:
(Click on the names below to link you to the galleries' websites)
Julie Miller African Contemporary - Randburg
The Candice Berman Gallery - Johannesburg
The Showroom Art Gallery - Pretoria
Art@Africa Galleries – V&A Waterfront in Cape Town and Franschhoek
Fine Art Africa Gallery - Hout Bay, Cape Town
Gallop Hill Gallery - Plettenberg Bay and Hermanus, Western Cape
Art@Cornerstone - Hoekville, Western Cape
St Francis Bay Gallery - St Francis Bay, Eastern Cape
Riverbend Art & Wine Gallery - KZN Southbroom
Pencil Art Foundation - Umhlanga, KZN
The Gallery Lifestyle, Ballito, KZN
The Platform Art Gallery - Lions River, KZN Midlands
Annemarie Durnez Interior Designer & Gallery- Belgium
All quality castings by:
Bronz Editions - Western Cape
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Pro Art Bronze Foundry - White River, Mpumalanga
Chroming by:
Coating Graphics - Centurion, Gauteng