Victor Anicet
{{Short description|French visual artist and ceramist (born 1938)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Victor Anicet
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|4|18}}
| birth_place = Le Marigot, Martinique
| known_for = Visual artist, ceramist
| notable_works = Presence de L'Est Multiple (2011), La vision des vaincus (2014), Hommage aux Amèrindiens (1997), Stained glass, Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption, Saint-Pierre (2006)
| website = http://ladoration.fr/vanicet/
}}
Victor Anicet (born in 1938 in Marigot, a commune in the north of Martinique) is a French visual artist and ceramist.
Biography
= Training and early career =
Victor Anicet trained as a ceramist initially at the Ecole des Arts Appliqués in Fort-de-France (academy of applied arts), continuing his training at Ecoles des Métiers des Arts de Paris (school of applied arts) in the ceramics department; at graduation in 1961, he was recognised as first in his class. After obtaining certification for a preparatory class for physics and chemistry applied to ceramics at the Arts et Métiers in Paris, he undertook numerous training courses in Europe: first in France, with potters such as Yves Mohy and Jean and Jacqueline Lerat at the École des Beaux-Arts de Bourges, then in England with John Reeve and Bernard Leach, at Michael Cardew's St Ives pottery and finally with Marion Mangold in Ottweiler, in Germany.{{Cite web|title=Victor Anicet|url=https://www.aic-iac.org/en/member/victor-anicet/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219154631/https://www.aic-iac.org/en/member/victor-anicet/|archive-date=19 December 2021|access-date=2021-12-21|website=International Academy of Ceramics|language=en}}{{Cite journal|last1=Anicet|first1=Victor|last2=Lerat|first2=Jacqueline|date=2005|title="Hommage à Yves Mohy"|journal=Revue de la Céramique et du Verre|volume=145|pages=32–35}}File:Tombe d'Edouard Glissant.JPG.{{Cite journal |last=Loichot |first=Valérie |date=2013 |title=ÉDOUARD GLISSANT'S GRAVES |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24264962 |journal=Callaloo |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=1014–1032 |doi=10.1353/cal.2013.0204 |issn=0161-2492 |jstor=24264962 |s2cid=162314275|url-access=subscription }}]]
= Background and work in Martinique =
His paintings evoke Maroons as people of courage and rebellion.{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=http://ladoration.fr/vanicet/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Biography-2.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211219154358/http://ladoration.fr/vanicet/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Biography-2.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2021 |access-date=19 December 2021 |website=Victor Anicet}} He creates objects that respond to Martinique and the history of the indigenous people of the island, which he explored at a young age with Rev. Pere Pinchon, co-founder of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology and an initiator of archaeological research in Martinique.{{Cite web|title=I.A.C.A. History|url=https://blogs.uoregon.edu/iaca/francais-historique/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025002603/https://blogs.uoregon.edu/iaca/francais-historique/|archive-date=25 October 2020|access-date=2021-12-21|website=The International Association for Caribbean Archaeology}} Assisting at a dig in the Adoration district in Le Marigot, Anicet learned about the ceramic culture of the Arawak by observing the fragments of pottery he was cleaning.{{Cite web|title=34th Bienal de São Paulo – Artist|url=http://34.bienal.org.br/en/artistas/8888|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204123329/http://34.bienal.org.br/en/artistas/8888|archive-date=4 December 2021|access-date=2021-12-21|website=São Paulo Art Biennial|publisher=São Paulo Art Biennial}}
In 1984, he was a co-creator of the group "Fwomajé", the Creole for the kapok tree, which carries out research on Caribbean aesthetics.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/785149322|title=The Caribbean : like a local|date=2012|publisher=Michelin Travel and Lifestyle North America|others=Peter Greenberg, Gwen Cannon, Claire Boobbyer, Michelin Travel & Lifestyle North America|isbn=978-1-907099-78-6|location=Greenville, S.C.|pages=44|oclc=785149322}}{{Cite web|date=1994|title=La voie du Fwomajé : art du dedans ou la capacité à entrer dans le monde de l'Autre|url=http://ladoration.fr/vanicet/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/La-voie-du-Fwomaj%C3%A9-fortune.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024123214/http://ladoration.fr/vanicet/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/La-voie-du-Fwomaj%C3%A9-fortune.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2020|website=Victor Anicet|publisher=Fort-de-France : Association Fwomajé}} He has exhibited in France, the Caribbean, Germany and South Korea.{{Cite web |title=Victor Anicet |url=https://www.aic-iac.org/member/victor-anicet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506003625/https://www.aic-iac.org/member/victor-anicet/ |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=2021-12-21 |website=International Academy of Ceramics |language=fr-FR}} In a collaboration with the Atelier Simon Marq, a studio in Reims, he created stained glass windows for the Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption, Saint-Pierre; the work was dedicated on 8 December 2006.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-08-01 |title=L'oeil du lézard : Victor Anicet |url=https://aica-sc.net/2017/08/01/loeil-du-lezard-victor-anicet-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410151657/https://aica-sc.net/2017/08/01/loeil-du-lezard-victor-anicet-2/ |archive-date=10 April 2021 |access-date=2021-12-21 |website=AICA Caraïbe du Sud |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|title=Vitraux. Oeuvre de l'artiste martiniquais Victor Anicet.|url=http://ladoration.fr/vanicet/restitutions/signes/vitraux/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219175453/http://ladoration.fr/vanicet/restitutions/signes/vitraux/|archive-date=19 December 2021|access-date=2021-12-21|website=Victor Anicet|language=fr-FR}} He studied at the Petit Manoir College, located in Lamentin, Martinique, now named Lycée Polyvalent Victor Anicet.{{Cite web|title=LPO Victor Anicet - Lycée du Numérique, du Design et des Arts Appliqués de Martinique|url=https://lpovictoranicet.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905083831/https://lpovictoranicet.com/|archive-date=5 September 2021|access-date=2021-12-21|website=LPO Victor Anicet|language=fr-FR}}
= Retrospective exhibitions =
An exhibition of works selected from across Anicet's career was included in the 34th São Paulo Art Biennial and another, Sève, was held in tribute to his career in 2021 at Tropiques Atrium, an arts venue in Fort-de-France.{{Cite web|title=Victor Anicet " Sève"|url=https://tropiques-atrium.fr/spectacle/victor-anicet-seve/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404214721/https://tropiques-atrium.fr/spectacle/victor-anicet-seve/|archive-date=4 April 2021|access-date=2021-12-21|website=Tropiques-Atrium|date=26 November 2020|language=fr-FR}}
Filmography
- 2009 Victor Anicet, céramiste et artiste martiniquais{{Citation |title=Victor Anicet Céramiste et artiste martiniquais |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwZw-lP6ZH0 |language=en |access-date=2022-09-07}}{{Citation |last=Scarboro |first=Ann Armstrong |title=Victor Anicet, céramiste et artiste martiniquais |date=2009-02-06 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1557896/ |type=Short |access-date=2022-09-07}}
- 2015 La Vision du Vaincu{{Citation |last=Sotès |first=Vianney |title=LA VISION DU VAINCU par Victor Anicet |date=2015-10-28 |url=https://vimeo.com/143947014 |access-date=2022-09-07}}
- 2015 Dans les jardins HSE installation de l'oeuvre de V. Anicet, mai 2015{{Cite web |date=2015-05-29 |title=Dans les jardins HSE installation de l'oeuvre de V. Anicet, mai 2015 - Vidéo Dailymotion |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2rzm0r |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Dailymotion |language=en}}
- 2016 ANICET victor Animation murale au collège CASSIEN Sainte-Claire Martinique{{Citation |title=ANICET victor Animation murale au collège CASSIEN Sainte-Claire Martinique |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA4AbEnba9E |language=en |access-date=2022-09-07}}
- 2016 ANICET MUR DU MARIN{{Citation |title=ANICET MUR DU MARIN |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE0EKIhjwdI |language=en |access-date=2022-09-07}}
- 2017 L'oeil du lezard : Victor Anicet{{Citation |title=L'oeil du lezard : Victor Anicet ( français) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGSBZm39iRc |language=en |access-date=2022-09-07}}
- 2019 Le Palais du savoir - Yohann Guglielmetti{{Citation |title=Le Palais du savoir - Yohann Guglielmetti |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-3OvCMl6ic |language=en |access-date=2022-09-07}}
- 2020 Voeux pour 2020 de Franck Robine, Préfet de la Martinique
- 2021 SETANOU - 5 February 2021 - Victor Anicet{{Citation |title=SETANOU - 5 Février 2021 - invité : Victor Anicet {{!}} SETANOU - 5 Février 2021 - invité : Victor Anicet {{!}} By Zouk TV {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/zouktv/videos/setanou-5-f%C3%A9vrier-2021-invit%C3%A9-victor-anicet/3743157562433086/ |language=en |access-date=2022-09-07}}
References
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External links
- The official website of [http://www.ladoration.fr/vanicet Victor Anicet]
- An interview with Victor Anicet: [http://www.manioc.org/fichiers/HASHe78de837df42a74fd559db Manioc].
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