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
Assemblage (27x17x13cm). Wooden box covered with pages of a fifties magazine and painted with a glossy varnish. With original books and various electric parts.
Handmade collage. 20x30cm|8x12inch. With central a ’49 Ford from a Saturday Evening Post from that year. All other images are authentic. Will come in a red passe-partout with a wooden frame.
20x30cm/8x12inch. With authentic illustrations from vintage magazines and books. The map in the background is from a encyclopedia from the ninetieth century.
Assemblage in an old gramophone player. With inlay of scrap wood, numbers from a church, a butcher’s knife from Budapest and several other vintage items.
40x20x10cm/16x8x4inch. Wooden box from a carpenters studio, hard cover from a book, glasses, a vintage book stand, dictionaries and a Serbo-Croation-English course book
London Calling. 30x17x8cm/12x7x3inch. Made with various old materials and a picture postcard of the thirties of The Houses of Parliament.
In December I try to make many assemblages. I will make them in my studio Schakenbosch in Leidschendam, between Leiden and The Hague. Why there? Because it’s isolated and I can make a lot of noise. And the surrounding is great.