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
Collage. 24x30cm with cut out 14x20cm. Esther Williams on an old book cover with stamps of the sixties, plane (Saab) and football players of Hungarian sports magazine from 1958. Finally glued on 300 grams paper bought in Budapest on the Jozsef Korut.
Minimal collage. 30x40cm cut out 20x30cm. Book covers, picture of Esther Williams, birds from Kanaries, butterfly from Beautiful Moths and image of a painting from old German art book.
Instead of white paper I used red. I loved the colors of images I found in Kalfje (Casterman, 1958) a book for children and Astronomie voor Iedereen from 1980. 30x40cm with cut out 20x30cm.
18x24cm with cut out 10x14cm. Used two old books about Rome for the same object. One in color and one in black&white. With pictures of National Geographics of the fifties.
Collage. 30x40cm and cut out 19x27cm. Universe map National Geographic 1957, parts of Astronomie voor Iedereen 1980, images from Hungarian sport magazines and below a part of a brochure in color of Rome.
The second attempt to make a perfect minimal collage because I thought the first one was to complex. The base is a page from a cashbook from mr. Dijxhoorn who wrote down his daily financial escapades in the fifties.