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
Made this collage (19x27cm-8x11inch) in the Grand Hotel Astoria in Oreada-Romania. I was lucky to find two National Geograpic from 1970 and 1971 somewhere in a street nearby the Astoria. And why not name the collage after the hotel?
Made this one with a magazine found in a hotelroom and a book bought for 300 forint (1 euro) in the Keleti Station in Budapest. (19x27cm-8x11inch). Eger is the name of the city in Hungary I traveled to and where I made the collage.
ANYONE FOR BASEBALL, CRICKET, SOCCER and GOLF. Are the last four collages made in my studio in Schakenbosch. All of them 19x27cm (8x11inch). They were composed with images of four sixties and seventies books and accidentally with an image of another book or magazine.
The first of May my new studio will officially be in Hazerswoude Rijndijk (scroll down for pictures of my new place).
This is the third one in a series of four. 20x30cm (8x12inch). After baseball, cricket and soccer there is one more to follow. Probably “Anyone for golf” is the last one. Soon to follow.
Henk Hannemann has to leave his studio in Schakenbosch-Leidschendam and found a new place to work in Hazerswoude. Working hard to move out before the first of May. Meanwhile you can expect some collages under the name of The Last Schakenbosch Series.
Relatively simple collage for Hannemann standards. Only 7 pieces for the whole image. I forced myself not to add flowers, butterflies, fishes or birds. 20x30cm (8x12inch). Made with 3M Photo Mount sprayglue on 300 grams aquarelpaper.