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
Played around with the format and composition. Chose for a slighty smaller collage. Instead of 19x27cm I used 14x20cm. That is the inner side without the cardboard frame.
I thought I had it all figured out. All the images were spread out. Part of a building from Lvov from a 1958 book, pieces from a few Russian books for children, fish from an aquarium book and a few from a cook book. Afterall I needed a few hectic hours. 19x27cm.
Started this one in Odessa after buying the ingredients on the Starkonny flea market in Odessa-Ukraine. Traveled by train to the Cosmos Hotel in Chisinau-Moldova where I finished it. 19x27cm.
Just finished this one. Carried the idea with me all the time. I already had it cut out in Odessa-Ukraine and finished it in Chisinau-Moldova. SOLD to miss Yoke from the Netherlands. 19x27cm.
Background from Moscow book and book about Lvov. Girls from Russian books of the seventies. Legs and feet from a fashion magazine from Leningrad 1964-1965.
Churches from Moscow, an eye from my Russian medicine book replaces the sun and several fish from one of my aquarium books. 24x30cm with 14x20cm cut out.