Victor Anicet

Victor Anicet (born in 1938 in Marigot, a commune in the north of Martinique) is a French visual artist and ceramist.

Victor Anicet
Born (1938-04-18) April 18, 1938
Le Marigot, Martinique, France
Known forVisual artist, ceramist
Notable work
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)

Biography

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.[1][2]

"Presence de L'Est Multiple", the tombstone Anicet created for his friend, Édouard Glissant.[3]

His paintings evoke Maroons as people of courage and rebellion.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

In 1984, he was a co-creator of the group "Fwomajé", the Creole for the kapok tree, which carries out research on Caribbean aesthetics.[7][8] He has exhibited in France, the Caribbean, Germany and South Korea.[9] 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.[10][11] He studied at the Petit Manoir College, located in Lamentin, Martinique, now named Lycée Polyvalent Victor Anicet.[12] A 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.[13]

References
  1. "Victor Anicet". International Academy of Ceramics. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. Anicet, Victor; Lerat, Jacqueline (2005). ""Hommage à Yves Mohy"". Revue de la Céramique et du Verre. 145: 32–35.
  3. Loichot, Valérie (2013). "ÉDOUARD GLISSANT'S GRAVES". Callaloo. 36 (4): 1014–1032. doi:10.1353/cal.2013.0204. ISSN 0161-2492. JSTOR 24264962. S2CID 162314275.
  4. "Biography" (PDF). Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  5. "I.A.C.A. History". The International Association for Caribbean Archaeology. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  6. "34th Bienal de São Paulo – Artist". São Paulo Art Biennial. São Paulo Art Biennial. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  7. The Caribbean : like a local. Peter Greenberg, Gwen Cannon, Claire Boobbyer, Michelin Travel & Lifestyle North America. Greenville, S.C.: Michelin Travel and Lifestyle North America. 2012. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-907099-78-6. OCLC 785149322.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. "La voie du Fwomajé : art du dedans ou la capacité à entrer dans le monde de l'Autre" (PDF). Victor Anicet. Fort-de-France : Association Fwomajé. 1994. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2020.
  9. "Victor Anicet" (in French). Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  10. "L'oeil du lézard : Victor Anicet". Aica Caraïbe du Sud (in French). 2017-08-01. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  11. "Vitraux. Oeuvre de l'artiste martiniquais Victor Anicet". Victor Anicet (in French). Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  12. "LPO Victor Anicet - Lycée du Numérique, du Design et des Arts Appliqués de Martinique". LPO Victor Anicet (in French). Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  13. "Victor Anicet " Sève"". Tropiques-Atrium (in French). 26 November 2020. Archived from the original on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
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