Candle Holder Paros White

Much of Eric Schmitt’s formative influences came from the artist’s childhood interest in literature, including the Odyssey, Iliad and Biblical texts. Language and literature have shaped the hybrid mythologies of the artist’s imagination, which are here realised in sculptural forms. The bold silhouette of the Paros candle holder resembles a letter from a lost alphabet, or a symbol carved onto a temple wall. Schmitt has arrived at a form so simple it appears universally understood, yet with just enough detail to hint at a deeper meaning.