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. Simple and small. 18x24cm with cut out 10x14cm. With piece of old map, sky of brochure of Rome, fifties Exakta camera leaflet and book about the cosmos.
Collage. 30x40cm. Cut out 20x30cm. Used various books. Old brochure of Rome formed the base. Astronomie Voor Iedereen is also a useful book when it comes to planets and astronomy. Probably View On Rome part IV will follow soon.
Around 75 pieces out of 10 magazines and books from 1915 till 1964. Frame 40x50cm and inner side 29x44cm.
SELECTED FOR THE SUMMEREXPO IN HAAGS GEMEENTEMUSEUM IN THE HAGUE FROM JULY 11 TILL SEPTEMBER 20.
Assemblage. 40x100cm. Made in a wooden form where they kept the lead letters in they used for printing in the old days. With chess pieces, paint, little ceramic wooden shoes, pictures from the sixties, toys etc.
Ragdoll. 20x40cm. I don’t see it as a real Hannemann. Yes, it’s funny and colourful but it misses the melancholy and the nostalgia. But who am I? The doll stood in a garden for years. I sticked another head on it that broke so I had to glue it again. That was good because it was a bit to smooth. Therefore I also poored some carpaint over the doll.
POST # 130 on http://www.henkhannemann.com
Fifties Pinokkio and two table football players, framed dried flowers, scrapwood, rusty lock, cigar molds and little souvenir bell from Souillac. 20x40cm.