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THE HERRING - BEAUFORT

THE HERRING - BEAUFORT

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THE HERRING - BEAUFORT

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Location: Koksijde, Veurne, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

April 27, 2024

This beautiful, beautiful woman makes the link to the miraculous fishing catches during the Second World War.

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The sculpture THE HERRING plays with the double meaning of la mer" and "la mère", the mother. The sea and life are inseparable. During the Second World War the West Coast was able to survive thanks to an unusually rich herring catch. The best herring year ever was the winter of 1942-1943. So much herring washed ashore that one could scoop them up with the bare hand. Is the yield of the sea inexhaustible? The work thus confronts us with the contemporary issue of sustainability and ecology.

Fish has traditionally symbolized life and fertility in countless cultures. In Chinese culture, the fish embodies abundance, wealth, happiness and hope. Even today, the spiritual aspect of rebirth cannot be separated from the sea: we often recharge our batteries at the coast. The meter-high statue reveals itself to us as the end point after a brisk walk in the dunes. The sea gives and takes, that is also the tragedy of it. In stormy weather the statue will end up with its feet in the water.

Source: triennalebeaufort.be/nl/beaufort-herring

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Dominiek Van Dooren

May 24, 2025

Johan Creten is the creator of this bronze artwork 5 m high, 1.5 m diameter. With this work he returns to his roots in Flanders.

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THE HERRING - BEAUFORT

1. Dunes of De Panne – Sandy Path Through the Dunes loop from Koksijde

2. De Doornpanne Visitor Center – View from Hoge Blekker loop from Quartier Sénégalais

3. Hoge Blekker ponds – View from Hoge Blekker loop from Koksijde

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