Henk Hannemann is a Dutch artist who constantly works on his collages and assemblages. Even during his travels he brings a pair of scissors, glue and paper. He picks up his vintage leaflets, magazines, books etc. along the way.
In his hometown Leiden in The Netherlands he works in an old classroom both on his collages and assemblages. Regularly he has exhibitions. You can also find him on Facebook. Since summer 2014 he works on his art in the former mental hospital Schakenbosch on the border of Leidschendam.
The books and magazines he uses for his collages are often half a century old or even older. The assemblages (boxes) are made from objects found on the streets or on flea markets and second hand shops.
Hannemann got selected in 2014 for Kunstwerkt in Belgium with a collage about the First World War. His work was exposed in Muzee in Oostende. In 2015 his collage Great Balls of Fire was selected for the Zomerexpo in Haags Gemeentemuseum. In January 2016 Henk Hannemann was accepted as a member by Ars in Leiden, the oldest Art society in The Netherlands. In 2017 Hannemann was rejected for the Zomerexpo but selected for the Salon des Refusés in Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.
Update. On the first of May 2016 Henk Hannemann moved to a new studio in Hazerswoude-Rijndijk. And guess what? He got asked back to Schakenbosch-Leidschendam. So at the moment there are two studio's. One for the collages and another one for the assemblages.
Contact: henkhannemann@yahoo.nl. Or mail or phone: rikhasselbach@yahoo.com-(0031)638023923
Found this communist propaganda magazine from the fifties in Sofia-Bulgaria. It appealed to the communist youth in different countries. Only the cover of the magazine was interesting. It also had emblems of some youth organizations in the world. You can see some in the upper part of the work. Handmade collage. 20x30cm/8x12inch.
Handmade collage. 20x30cm/8x12inch. Children’s books images on a children’s book cover. With mother from the magazine Moda from 1959 and some cut up pieces from a city plan.
Handmade collage. 20x30cm/8x12inch. The last one in the Bulgarian DaDa series. It was fun but I’m done with it. This one is made in Varna with a plan bought in Burgas and a magazine from Sofia.
In the basement of an antique store in Sozopol I found an old advertisement and some postcards with roses. Industrial Import was born. The background is from a Russian magazine of 1959. A friend thinks it’s the skyline of St. Petersburg.
A rather simple one. An underground of a Russian children’s book with a boy from a fifties book and an old postcard. 20x30cm/8x12inch. Handmade collage.
Several images from Russian children’s books from the fifties and sixties on a page from a book of 1984. With on top an image of Lenin and a part of a postcard about the October Revolution.