Regionale DELTABEBEN 2024

13/04 - 28/07/24

Since its inception, the Regionale DELTABEBEN has showcased a biennial survey of the regional contemporary art scene in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area, alternating between Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. In 2024, the established exhibition project will be held for the seventh time, returning to Ludwigshafen. In this year’s edition, the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum and the Kunstverein Ludwigshafen will present the work of 21 outstanding artists from different generations, all of whom live and work in the extended Rhine-Neckar area. The participating artists were selected by a total of 11 nominators—curators, art critics, or academy professors from the region, as well as representatives of the hosting exhibition institutions. There was no age restriction for nominations, but artists were required to have participated in no more than two previous editions of the Regionale Deltabeben. Thanks to this limitation, the recent Deltabeben exhibitions, along with their accompanying catalogs, have developed into an ongoing record of the art scene in the Rhine-Neckar region.

This latest edition of Deltabeben presents an interesting and diverse picture of the art scene in the extended region, featuring artistic positions from various generations and media. The special appeal of this survey exhibition lies in its stylistic diversity and the broad range of artistic techniques on display: painting, drawing, photography, and video, as well as sculpture, installation, and performance, are all represented. Interestingly, all of these works explore, in different ways, societal, political, historical, or sociological questions. Through artistic expression, they illuminate both the past and the present, often encouraging reflection on the shaping of the future.

Deltabeben closing event on 28/07/2024 at 5:00 p.m. with a performance by Fritzi Hausmann.

Participating artists:

Christopher Amm / Eva Gentner / Adrian Nagel, Gin Bahc, Sarah Degenhardt, Philip Emde, Laetitia Eskens, Laura Gaiser, Ralf Gudat, Fritzi Haußmann, Illig+Illig, Markus Kaesler, Sabrina Karl, Margarita Kopp, Dajana Krüger, Jordan Madlon, Noomi Moyal, Raoul Muck, Anna Schwehr, superart.tv (Michael Volkmer / Eric Carstensen), Konstantin Weber, Cynthia Wijono, André Wischnewski