Both Lani Irwin and Alan Feltus paint stunning figurative paintings that compel the viewer to stop and contemplate. They are quiet paintings that are both formally impeccable and psychologically intriguing. Feltus’ figures are ambiguously gendered and strangely simultaneously aware and unaware of each other. Irwin’s female figures are powerful magicians that confront the viewer head on.
This exhibition presents the works of these two artists – who are married to each other – together in the same space, allowing the viewer to consider their paintings in conversation.
“Lani Irwin & Alan Feltus: Selected Works”
Bannister Gallery
Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island
ric.edu
April 3-25, 2025
Alan Feltus, born in 1943 in Washington, D.C., has been represented by Forum Gallery in New York City since 1976. Lani Irwin, born in 1947 in Annapolis, MD, has exhibited widely in both the US and in Italy. Both artists’ work can be found in many public collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. They have lived and worked near Assisi, Italy, since 1987 and have two sons.
