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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