Biblioteca Comunale, Cassino 17 - 29 May 2014

Return to Monte Cassino

Photo journalist Maree Wilks travelled to Cassino, Italy, in 2004 with a group of veterans from New Zealand. This exhibition of 41 black and white images is a record of that journey. Maree is the guest exhibitor at Legato 2014, Cassino, Italy. The venue is courtesy of the Linea Gustav Association, in an exhibition space in the grounds of L'Historiale. 

Opening event: performance by the Ngati Ranana Maori Culture Club, London.

Artworks in main venue

          Legato 2014 – Catalogue of Works

Main venue: (Biblioteca Communale) 105 works by 37 New Zealand artists.

Second venue: (Historiale) guest artist Maree Wilks

“Return to Monte Cassino” exhibition comprising 41 photographs from the 2004 veterans’ trip to Italy for the 60^th commemorations of the Battle of Cassino.


Biblioteca Comunale (Sala Pietro Malatesta)

Video works:

1.    Amber Moffat “The Wave”

2.    Robyn Hughes “Cassino”

Paintings and installations:

3.    Dorothy Waetford – Maumahara - Remembrance - Entrance way installation 

4.    Kay de Lautour – Cassino 3 – acrylic on canvas

5.    Lorraine Beattie – Anzac – print on canvas

6.    Frances Rookes – Estranged Housewives - mixed media

7.    Frances Rookes – Weapons of Mass Construction – relief print

8.    Frances Rookes – Different View Points – mixed media

9.    Kay de Lautour – Radio News – water colour

10.Susan Edge – Poppy Day – acrylic on canvas

11.Merv Appleton – We will Not Forget You – oil on canvas

12.Merv Appleton –  Pathway to Peace – oil on Canvas

13.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas x 13 pieces

14.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

15.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

16.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

17.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

18.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

19.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

20.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

21.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

22.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

23.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

24.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

25.June Northcroft-Grant – oil on canvas 

26.Regan Balzer – Waharoa – acrylic on canvas

27.Ann Fletcher – Between the Lines of Age – pencil on paper

28.Susan Edge – Tug of War – acrylic on canvas

29.Sarah Scott -  Flowers from Rain – water colour on paper

30.Sarah Scott -  Cross my Heart and Hope to Live – water colour on paper

31.Agnes Preszler – Alexander – oil on canvas

32.Stan Blanch – General Order- oil on canvas

33.Ira Mitchell – Red Dawn – acrylic on canvas

34.Regan Balzer – Tribute to the Maori Battallion – acrylic on canvas

35.Regan Balzer – Tribute to the Maori Battallion – acrylic on canvas

36.Regan Balzer – Tribute to the Maori Battallion – acrylic on canvas

37.Geoff Tune – A banner for Monte Cassino – mixed media on canvas

38.Geoff Tune – A Banner for Monte Cassino 2 – mixed media on canvas

39.Paeta Larkin – Wahine –- Italy Star - impasto on canvas

40.Peata Larkin – Wahine – Distinguished Conduct  – impasto on canvas

41.Peata Larkin – Wahine – Tuhourangi Gem - impasto on canvas

42.Karl Leonard – Tuku Tuku Panel – traditional weaving

43.Karl Leonard – Tuku Tuku Panel – traditional weaving

44.Karl Leonard – Tuku Tuku Panel – traditional weaving

45.Karl Leonard – Piu Piu – Maori weaving using traditional techniques

46.Karen Vernon – Cassino Battles – oil on canvas and mixed media

47.Karen Vernon – Cassino Battles – oil on canvas and mixed media

48.Kay de Lautour – Sentinel – oil on canvas

49.Sharlene Schmidt – Poppies from NZ – acrylic & ink on canvas

50.Juliette Capaldi– Glimpse of Ian Mathieson – photographic work x 4

51.Susan Wilson – Dads Medals – oil on linen

52.Susan Wilson – Monte Cassino – mono print

53.Susan Wilson – Supply Dump – mono print

54.Danilo Salvucci – il Monaco e il soldato – acrylic on canvas

55.Danilo Salvucci – untitled – acrylic on canvas

56.Margherita Giampietri – Concentrazione della Follia – watercolour on paper

57.Margherita Giampietri – Ritirata – watercolour on paper

58.Kay de Lautour – Civilians – Acquarello on paper

59.Kay de Lautour – Reflecting on Monte Cassino – acquarello on paper

60.Margherita Giampietri – Hands – watercolour on paper

61.Margherita Giampietri – Fuga delle Ombre – watercolour on paper

62.Kay de Lautour – Rose and Grenade – unframed watercolour on paper

63.Kay de Lautour – Rose in Grenade #2 – unframed watercolour

64.Kay de Lautour – Peace Rose and Gun Barrel – unframed watercolour

65.Kay de Lautour – Peace Rose and Shrapnel – unframed watercolour

66.Susan Edge – San Beneditto e le columbe di Pace – acrylic on canvas

67.Susan Edge – PAX– acrylic on canvas

68.Gail Boyle – Poppies Diptych – acrylic on board

69.Susan Wilson – Rahera Windsor – etching on paper

70.Rowan Holt – Cassino Terrain  - loom woven sculpture

71.Chrissy Brook – Dad’s Chair – mixed media installation

72.Agnes Preszler – Commanders  - Juin - acrylic on canvas

73.Agnes Preszler – Commanders – Anders- acrylic on canvas

74.Agnes Preszler – Commanders – Kesselring- acrylic  on canvas

75.Agnes Preszler – Commanders – Clark - acrylic on canvas

76.Ira Mitchell – Hold on to Peace – acrylic on canvas

77.Janice Corbishley – Trigger – mixed media mosaic

78.Lorraine Beattie – Freedom – photographic print on paper

79.Robyn Hughes – Poppies and White Tapes – mixed media

80.Robyn Hughes – Abbey and White Tapes – mixed media

81.Robyn Hughes – The Whole Rotten Deal – mixed media

82.Regan Balzer – Penny Divers – photographic reproduction on canvas

83.Lyn Hewitson – Boy Becomes Man, Becomes Memory – mixed media

84.Sally Blyth – A Day in The life – larger cross – mixed media on canvas

85.Sally Blyth - Reflections & memories – mixed media on canvas

86.Sally Blyth  - Reflections – mixed media on canvas

87.Sally Blyth - The Battle – mixed media on canvas

88.Lang Ea – Crosses – perspex installation

89.Kay de Lautour – They Were Only Boys 1944 – 2014 – watercolour

90.Linda Dickens – Monte Cassino

91.Kay de Lautour – Cassino 1 - acrylic on canvas

92.Kay de Lautour – Cassino 2 - acrylic on canvas 

93.Warren Warbrick – Shell – Putatara – traditional Maori tools and techniques

94.Warren Warbrick – Weapon – Patu – traditional Maori tools and techniques

95.Warren Warbrick – Flute– Putorino – traditional Maori tools and techniques

96.Regan Balzer – Spheres – acrylic on board  

97.Regan Balzer – Spheres – acrylic on board  

98.Kay de Lautour – Tracing the Shadows – mixed media  

99.Kay de Lautour – Tracing the Shadows - mixed media 

100.                Sue MacDougall – Stand Alone – encaustic on board 

101.                Ira Mitchell – Day dreaming of peace – small work on canvas

102.                Ira Mitchell – Coming together of peace – small work on canvas

103.                Ira Mitchell – Love is a Time Traveller – small work on canvas

104.                Lisa Allen -  mixed media (unframed)

105.                Lisa Allen & Glenda Kane – Anzac Day Parade- children’s book

70th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition