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
Last one in a series of four. Sailor’s Grave, Fair in Paris, Wagner’s Wild Wood and the last one Vodka Forest. 45x40x11cm (18x16x4inch). Parts of an old chair from a church, scrapwood from the Zaanstreek, parts of a dead tree from Schakenbosch, deers, front of a thirties speaker in the back, parts of a tube radio above and left and right two test tubes that will be filled with vodka.
Wooden box. 40x20x10cm (16x12x4inch). Wooden horse with Barbie tail, antique souvenirs of the Sacre Coeur and Eifel Tower, driftwood, old bottles from centuries back found in the ground of Leiden.
Old work. 16x12x6inch. Found a few drawers in my neighbourhood in Leiden. Then I started making assemblages in boxes. I made this one at home. It was the time that I lumbered my room and household to pieces.
Assemblage. 16x12x4inch. Wood from a fence, cigar mold, prayer chair and box from a floricultural wholesale business. Sailor from the thirties bought in Alphen aan de Rijn in The Netherlands and various other objects probably all over fifty years old.
Not a typical Hannemann but it waited for weeks on my desk and finally it was made. Part of a book cover, notes found in a thirties medicine book, parts of a sports magazine of Hungary of 1958 and a few parts of a astronomy book. 24x30cm.
Yakovlev-40 is the name of the plane central in the upper part of the handmade collage. 50x60cm (20x24inch). The base is formed by illustrations from The World We Live in from the fifties. Another forty pieces were added from various old books and magazines.
Another (and last one) with keywords Scotland, pikes and pigeons. 30x40cm (12x16inch). Made on 300 grams aquarel paper, background paper from archeological museum Constanza, part of fifties atlas, stamps and parts of illustrations from old books.
SOLD
“Do you make collages on demand?” No, I rather do not. I took orders for whole my life and prefer total freedom. But then I heard keywords like Scotland, English springer spaniel, pikes, pigeons and started last week. I knew I had something in store. So, The English Springer Spaniel was born. 30x40cm (12x16inch)
€ 80,–
Big sized handmade collage. 50x60cm. (20x24inch). Made on 320grams Botticelli paper, Talens Rembrandt medium gel glue and sprayed with Liquitex satin varnish as a uv-protection. Caravelle is the name of the plane used in the collage. It’s from a wonderfully illustrated French childbook from the sixties. I bought it in Gedinne (Ardennen-Belgium) while I was there in September 2015 with my little dogfriend Willem.
€ 295,–