Book focus in the sculpture of Philip Jackson

Reading Chaucer. Bronze, edition of 8.

Here’s a sampling of British sculptor Philip Jackson’s book-tinged work. Jackson covers the spectrum, from the realism of the Founders Sculpture below to the abstract aspects of the others, with each piece exuding a penetrating focus on a book.

Guided Missal. Edition of 5.

Chanting Cimarosa Edition of 8.

Founder’s Sculpture. Commissioned in 2005. Bronze, life size