Reviews
“Neleman’s work is embedded with a unique and original vocabulary, from where intuitive visual narratives and associations flow with poetic rawness.”
Thea Westreich
Art Advisor, Collector, and Whitney Museum Patron
“Neleman’s work is embedded with a unique and original vocabulary, from where intuitive visual narratives and associations flow with poetic rawness.”
Thea Westreich
Art Advisor, Collector, and Whitney Museum Patron
“Neleman’s work is embedded with a unique and original vocabulary, from where intuitive visual narratives and associations flow with poetic rawness.”
Thea Westreich
Art Advisor, Collector, and Whitney Museum Patron
“Mr. Neleman's evocative still lifes, often described as sculptural, reveal a deep sensibility in selecting materials for their visceral and aesthetic impact. His assemblages act as conceptual waystations..drawing from memory and obsession..inviting meaning that speaks more to the subconscious than the analytical mind.”
Alice Beck Odette
Chairperson, Visual Arts Museum, NYC
“Mr. Neleman's evocative still lifes, often described as sculptural, reveal a deep sensibility in selecting materials for their visceral and aesthetic impact. His assemblages act as conceptual waystations..drawing from memory and obsession..inviting meaning that speaks more to the subconscious than the analytical mind.”
Alice Beck Odette
Chairperson, Visual Arts Museum, NYC
“Mr. Neleman's evocative still lifes, often described as sculptural, reveal a deep sensibility in selecting materials for their visceral and aesthetic impact. His assemblages act as conceptual waystations..drawing from memory and obsession..inviting meaning that speaks more to the subconscious than the analytical mind.”
Alice Beck Odette
Chairperson, Visual Arts Museum, NYC
“Neleman’s work carries echoes of Rauschenberg, Arman, Broodthaers, and English punk..a synthesis of references absorbed so intuitively they blur into a singular, visceral vision. His images, rich with symbolic weight and painterly illusion, recreate a reality both constructed and emotionally true.”
Paola Antonelli
Domus
“Neleman’s work carries echoes of Rauschenberg, Arman, Broodthaers, and English punk..a synthesis of references absorbed so intuitively they blur into a singular, visceral vision. His images, rich with symbolic weight and painterly illusion, recreate a reality both constructed and emotionally true.”
Paola Antonelli
Domus
“Neleman’s work carries echoes of Rauschenberg, Arman, Broodthaers, and English punk..a synthesis of references absorbed so intuitively they blur into a singular, visceral vision. His images, rich with symbolic weight and painterly illusion, recreate a reality both constructed and emotionally true.”
Paola Antonelli
Domus
“Hans Neleman still lifes reflect he is a photographer who has not forgotten his artistic background.”
Zoom Magazine
(France, 150th Anniversary Edition, featuring the World’s Best Photographers)
“Hans Neleman still lifes reflect he is a photographer who has not forgotten his artistic background.”
Zoom Magazine
(France, 150th Anniversary Edition, featuring the World’s Best Photographers)
“Hans Neleman still lifes reflect he is a photographer who has not forgotten his artistic background.”
Zoom Magazine
(France, 150th Anniversary Edition, featuring the World’s Best Photographers)
"Like history, like those pages Neleman tears from books to collage a present from the past, painting is an absolute. Painting is the moment of intention that will never be anything else. That’s a very vulnerable reflection for an artist, or anyone for that matter. Perhaps that is why these paintings feel personal. There is nothing there to be undone."
Patrick Theimer
Art Collector
"Like history, like those pages Neleman tears from books to collage a present from the past, painting is an absolute. Painting is the moment of intention that will never be anything else. That’s a very vulnerable reflection for an artist, or anyone for that matter. Perhaps that is why these paintings feel personal. There is nothing there to be undone."
Patrick Theimer
Art Collector
"Like history, like those pages Neleman tears from books to collage a present from the past, painting is an absolute. Painting is the moment of intention that will never be anything else. That’s a very vulnerable reflection for an artist, or anyone for that matter. Perhaps that is why these paintings feel personal. There is nothing there to be undone."
Patrick Theimer
Art Collector
“Mr. Neleman’s best pictures are powerfully theatrical and visually lush. The almost surrealistic image of a beautiful naked teenager with her feral-looking pet raccoon is stunning.”
Ken Johnson
The New York Times
“Mr. Neleman’s best pictures are powerfully theatrical and visually lush. The almost surrealistic image of a beautiful naked teenager with her feral-looking pet raccoon is stunning.”
Ken Johnson
The New York Times
“Mr. Neleman’s best pictures are powerfully theatrical and visually lush. The almost surrealistic image of a beautiful naked teenager with her feral-looking pet raccoon is stunning.”
Ken Johnson
The New York Times
“Hans Neleman is an award-winning photographer, the High Flying Dutchman in New York.”
Hernan Hoeneveld
Professionele Fotografie
“Hans Neleman is an award-winning photographer, the High Flying Dutchman in New York.”
Hernan Hoeneveld
Professionele Fotografie
“Hans Neleman is an award-winning photographer, the High Flying Dutchman in New York.”
Hernan Hoeneveld
Professionele Fotografie
“Confident without being brash, ambitious yet realistic. Neleman has come a long way, a professional who’s always been ahead of the game, and with a track record that is impressive.”
John Morrison
Creative Photography
“Confident without being brash, ambitious yet realistic. Neleman has come a long way, a professional who’s always been ahead of the game, and with a track record that is impressive.”
John Morrison
Creative Photography
“Confident without being brash, ambitious yet realistic. Neleman has come a long way, a professional who’s always been ahead of the game, and with a track record that is impressive.”
John Morrison
Creative Photography
“Those familiar with Neleman’s earlier work recognize his fascination with the body—its intellect, its instincts, its taboos. In tearing through form and symbol, he reveals a deeper cosmological truth. Just as astrophysicists trace the uneven echoes of the Big Bang, Neleman’s simple act of ripping paper opens a portal into time, memory, and self-preservation.”
Michael DesRosiers
Artist
“Those familiar with Neleman’s earlier work recognize his fascination with the body—its intellect, its instincts, its taboos. In tearing through form and symbol, he reveals a deeper cosmological truth. Just as astrophysicists trace the uneven echoes of the Big Bang, Neleman’s simple act of ripping paper opens a portal into time, memory, and self-preservation.”
Michael DesRosiers
Artist
“Those familiar with Neleman’s earlier work recognize his fascination with the body—its intellect, its instincts, its taboos. In tearing through form and symbol, he reveals a deeper cosmological truth. Just as astrophysicists trace the uneven echoes of the Big Bang, Neleman’s simple act of ripping paper opens a portal into time, memory, and self-preservation.”
Michael DesRosiers
Artist
“Hans Neleman is a case in point: follow your heart rather than trends and you can still be successful. No one can accuse Hans Neleman of following the crowd. His images are original — straight from his heavenly muse.”
Studio Photography
“Hans Neleman is a case in point: follow your heart rather than trends and you can still be successful. No one can accuse Hans Neleman of following the crowd. His images are original — straight from his heavenly muse.”
Studio Photography
“Hans Neleman is a case in point: follow your heart rather than trends and you can still be successful. No one can accuse Hans Neleman of following the crowd. His images are original — straight from his heavenly muse.”
Studio Photography
“The works of Hans Neleman have multi-layered content: a rich personal history with a passion for travel and collecting, an understanding of psychological drama, and a desire for artistic excellence.”
Esquire Magazine
“The works of Hans Neleman have multi-layered content: a rich personal history with a passion for travel and collecting, an understanding of psychological drama, and a desire for artistic excellence.”
Esquire Magazine
“The works of Hans Neleman have multi-layered content: a rich personal history with a passion for travel and collecting, an understanding of psychological drama, and a desire for artistic excellence.”
Esquire Magazine
“Neleman’s photography represents a noteworthy addition to the work of Susan Meiselas, Mary Ellen Mark, Nobuyoshi Araki, Larry Clarke and others who have produced substantial bodies of work on sex workers.”
A.D. Coleman
Author and Critic
“Neleman’s photography represents a noteworthy addition to the work of Susan Meiselas, Mary Ellen Mark, Nobuyoshi Araki, Larry Clarke and others who have produced substantial bodies of work on sex workers.”
A.D. Coleman
Author and Critic
“Neleman’s photography represents a noteworthy addition to the work of Susan Meiselas, Mary Ellen Mark, Nobuyoshi Araki, Larry Clarke and others who have produced substantial bodies of work on sex workers.”
A.D. Coleman
Author and Critic
“Hans Neleman has achieved the best of both worlds, blending ‘old world’ concerns with contemporary ‘new world’ concepts. Neleman is a master at blending classic and contemporary elements. A posed stoicism and a spontaneous spark. Nostalgic glimmer with a timeless glow. All directed to perfection with Neleman’s meticulous eye, and elegantly retained in his art.”
David Gremp
Portfolio Magazine
“Hans Neleman has achieved the best of both worlds, blending ‘old world’ concerns with contemporary ‘new world’ concepts. Neleman is a master at blending classic and contemporary elements. A posed stoicism and a spontaneous spark. Nostalgic glimmer with a timeless glow. All directed to perfection with Neleman’s meticulous eye, and elegantly retained in his art.”
David Gremp
Portfolio Magazine
“Hans Neleman has achieved the best of both worlds, blending ‘old world’ concerns with contemporary ‘new world’ concepts. Neleman is a master at blending classic and contemporary elements. A posed stoicism and a spontaneous spark. Nostalgic glimmer with a timeless glow. All directed to perfection with Neleman’s meticulous eye, and elegantly retained in his art.”
David Gremp
Portfolio Magazine
“Stand back and let him go: Neleman is one of Manhattan’s brightest talents.”
Elana Gutman
Graphis Magazine
“Stand back and let him go: Neleman is one of Manhattan’s brightest talents.”
Elana Gutman
Graphis Magazine
“Stand back and let him go: Neleman is one of Manhattan’s brightest talents.”
Elana Gutman
Graphis Magazine
“Neleman has taken the realm of mere illustration out of photography and put it into the category of very fine art.”
American Photographer
“Neleman has taken the realm of mere illustration out of photography and put it into the category of very fine art.”
American Photographer
“Neleman has taken the realm of mere illustration out of photography and put it into the category of very fine art.”
American Photographer
“A creator of gorgeous collages, the elements of which may be found in his everyday life.”
David Walker
Photo District News
“A creator of gorgeous collages, the elements of which may be found in his everyday life.”
David Walker
Photo District News
“A creator of gorgeous collages, the elements of which may be found in his everyday life.”
David Walker
Photo District News