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
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.
Walking the streets of Sofia I saw the poster covered walls and knew I had to do something with it. I took some paper of the walls and carried it around. In cities along the way I laid out different combinations. It was harder then I thought. But finally In The Streets of Sofia was born in Burgas-Bulgaria.
20x30cm/8x12inch. Handmade collage. With map of Sofia, Russian calendar of 1957, postcards from Moscow and several Russian children’s books of the sixties.
Handmade collage. 15x20cm/6x8inch. Made on 300 grams Fabriano aquarelpaper. Authentic old plan of Varna and other old images for instance from Moda; a 1959 fashion magazine.
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Handmade collage. 15x20cm/6x8inch. Made from a cover from a fifties Russian magazine and five picture postcards from Moscow from the same period. In the left corner below a boy from a 1968 children’s book.
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First collage made during my Bulgarian road trip. 15x20cm/6x8inch. With illustrations from a Russian children’s book from the sixties and a 1957 calendar. Books bought in the streets at bookstalls. Made in Sofia in the Hotel Slavyanska Beseda.