JJ Harrington Gallery
"There is beauty in everything, but not everyone sees it"
Andy Warhol
Art, Sculpture, Fine Art Photography & Custom Furnishings
At JJ Harrington Gallery, we maintain a synergistic relationship between clients and the artists we represent. As curators of fine art, WE look beyond our individual tastes and remain open to all possibilities. we exhibit the work of emerging, mid-career, and established artists, offering a great range and selection of styles and media. The artists we represent have demonstrated their commitment to their medium and craftsmanship while maintaining the highest degree of integrity and professionalism.
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THE LIMIT AND THE HORIZON
The Art of Perseus lira
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​ Perseus lira is an Italian artist, who relocated to los Angeles, California in 2021. perseus was born in 1985 in Legnano, an Italian town and comune in the north-westernmost part of the Province of Milan, about 20 kilometers (12 mi) from central Milan. He studied classical dance for many years – perhaps this choice to use his body as an exercise in harmony came from his love for the severe magnificence of Sicily’s temples, the richness of its Baroque, the deep blue of its sea and the inexplicable amalgam of its almond cakes. Harmony is unattainable without discipline and so, with the idea of following a path of beauty in his life, he studied and received his BFA from Brera Fine Arts Academy in Milan, specializing in the restoration of contemporary artworks in 2007, and MFA in 2010.
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Librici worked for the restoration of Amundsen’s glass slides in Norway, and also worked in London. After that he went back to Italy and started focusing on working on his artworks while teaching fashion design illustrations.
Perseus had his first solo exhibition in 2014 in Milan, he was finalist for many different art contests in Italy, and he won one of Circuiti Dinamici.
Perseus started from a cultured and classical approach to the human figure, but as he gradually apprehended the truth about his life and himself, he began to reflect on exploration and research in his work, though this did not make him an experimental artist, but rather an experimenter.
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He cultivates careful watchfulness towards the invisible, but will dedicate the same attention to the tomato purée he never fails to make each summer, in a family rite that is first and foremost a way of being thankful to life. For him art and life are mutually dependent, and there are no limits to exploration.
Perseus lira’s artistic practice contemplates the use of rigorous techniques, excellent materials, and long preparation in the search for original forms of expression - where trial and error are both a limitation and a new horizon.
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Education
BFA in Conservation and Restoration of Art - Brera Academy of Fine Arts – Milan.
MFA in Conservation and Restoration of Contemporary Art - Brera Academy of Fine Arts – Milan.
Graduate of the “Musica Arte Spettacolo” School, Milan.