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
Henk Hannemann as initiator of the First International Leiden Assemblage Action opened the exhibition of nearly 50 boxes on November 1 in Even|Open in the Breestraat 63-75 in Leiden-Holland.
Willem II is the bigger brother of Willem I. 40x40cm. Frame, pieces of an old door, fence, dead tree, measuring tape and stairway. Jigsaw puzzle of wood and “clock” and little sculpture of a dog bought in Budapest.
Henk contributed Clemens Hofbauer Kicks Ass to the Parels van PEK in Galerie Cultura in Ede. Nice words from reviewer Antonie den Ridder and a picture from Brother Clemens.
November 1 at 16.00 o’clock is the opening of the exhibition in the Breestraat 63-75. Nearly 50 people contributed a little box with an assemblage. They got the boxes from Henk Hannemann who works with them for the last year.
Assemblage in an old wooden box from a fifties carpenter working place. With a wooden puzzle, picture from Living Birds of the World, second printing 1965, Talens paint bottles, wooden toys etc. 20x40cm.
Assemblage. 40x40cm. Couldn’t find a name for this assemblage so I took a title of a Flaming Lips song and changed it a bit. Pieces found in The Hague, Leiden, Zoetermeer, Rotterdam and Noordwijk.