Helen Bur – Pillars

In Pillars, Helen Bur presents a poignant study of solidarity through stillness. Painted in oil on linen, the work features two women lying on their backs, head-to-head, their hands clasped in quiet connection. The mirrored posture suggests both vulnerability and resilience, as if each figure draws strength from the presence of the other.

The composition evokes themes of mutual support, communal endurance, and feminine resistance without spectacle—rooted in a calm, deliberate intimacy. The title, Pillars, signals the foundational role of collective strength, particularly in contexts of protest, grief, or care.

With strong, meditative tones and restrained gesture, Bur invites us to witness solidarity not as grand action, but as quiet, essential presence—an act of resistance held in stillness.