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The Goddess of the Wind

The Goddess of the Wind

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The Goddess of the Wind

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Location: Nieuwpoort, Veurne, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 27, 2022

Goddess of the Wind was created especially for Nieuwpoort in 2002 by painter and sculptor Antoon Luyckx. The artwork depicts a woman, gazing out to sea, waiting, hoping, thinking of a further destination. Numerous interpretations are possible.

Luyckx's works are mainly inspired by nature, folklore and religion. In his sculptures we find the most beautiful examples of stylisation of the ordinary, natural form into a purified abstraction.

Originally, Goddess of the Wind had a permanent place on the Loodswezenplein, at the beginning of the Westerstaketsel. In 2014, the sculpture had to make way for Verzoening by Willem Vermandere. After a few years of absence, Goddess of the Wind found a new home in the Maritime Park, where she looks out over the Havengeul.

Source: nieuwpoort.be/godin-van-de-wind

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Dirk V 🚲 🚶📷

April 23, 2023

In the Maritime Park also the statue The Goddess Of The Wind. Painter and sculptor Antoon Luyckx created the statue in 2002 especially for the city of Nieuwpoort. His work depicts a woman gazing at the infinite sea and is, as usual, inspired by nature, folklore and religion.

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NancyR-TommyS

July 25, 2020

The Goddess of the Wind by Antoon Luyckx portrays a woman gazing at the sea, waiting, hoping, thinking of a further destination ... Numerous interpretations are possible. Luyckx's works are mainly inspired by nature, folklore and religion.

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1. Nieuwpoort Fish Auction – IJzer Estuary Nature Reserve loop from Nieuwpoort

2. Lombardsijde Creek – IJzermonding Nature Reserve loop from Nieuwpoort-Bad

3. IJzermonding Observation Deck – IJzermonding Nature Reserve loop from Nieuwpoort

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