The exhibition "Le rire de Cabu" opens until December 19 at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris.
Free and by reservation, the retrospective presents 350 drawings retracing 60 years of the career of a visionary artist very attached to freedom of expression, whose life came to an abrupt end on January 7, 2015, in the premises of "Charlie Hebdo ".
The talent of the designer Cabu is celebrated at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, until December 19 in an exhibition called "Le rire de Cabu".
It traces 60 years of career through 350 sketches of the designer, whose life came to an abrupt halt on January 7, 2015, during the
Charlie Hebdo
attack
.
Visitors are invited to discover, or rediscover, the work of this visionary artist, a staunch defender of freedom of expression.
Europe 1 was able to stroll in the Saint-Jean room, among the drawings and the laughter.
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An ode to freedom of expression
"Welcome to Cabu".
The exhibition welcomes visitors directly into Jean Cabut's office, covered with an indescribable mess.
Press clippings, drawings, ink and pencils, which Cabu used in the service of freedom of expression, like this
Charlie Hebdo
poster
produced twenty years before the attack.
We see a Marianne brandishing an issue of the satirical newspaper with the words 'We fought for your freedom, read Charlie to keep it' ".
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"This poster, which is a pastiche of
La Liberté leading the people
by Eugène Delacroix was made at a time when
Charlie Hebdo
was having difficulties, we are in 1995. But it was already, at the time, to defend freedom of expression. Cabu had his permanent obsessions. Without stopping, he continued to defend pacifism, to talk about ecology. He spoke of freedom of expression ", says Jean-François Pitet, curator of the exhibition and friend from Cabu.
The artist's laughter echoes in places.
For him, there were no limits to humor.
"If you cut off my hands, I will continue to draw bearded men", can we read on a drawing dated 2011. The exhibition is accessible free of charge by reservation.