400 drawings by Cabu exhibited in Toulouse to "make people laugh and think"

• This May 3, World Press Freedom Day, opens in Toulouse an exhibition dedicated to the cartoonist Cabu.

• Within the regional council, 400 cult drawings, and sometimes unpublished, of the designer are exhibited.

• "Cabu's laughter" is a way to recall the right to caricature and the freedom of the press, but also fights dear to the cartoonist such as pacifism or ecology.

With his round glasses and his timeless bowl cut, he remains for some the cartoonist who rocked their childhood in

, before growing up and learning to appreciate his caricatures in

or

.

These two facets of Cabu can be found throughout the exhibition dedicated to him at the Hôtel de Région de Toulouse starting this Tuesday, May 3.

But also many others, that of his fights in particular for the environment or pacifism.

"There are no limits to humor which is at the service of freedom of expression", #Cabu.

On the occasion of the world day of #LibertéDeLaPresse, the #Region pays tribute to the designer and exhibits his works 👍https://t.co/ey0qke5jXz

_@CaroleDelga @claire_fita pic.twitter.com/b2M7mD5C16

– Occitanie Region (@Occitanie) May 3, 2022

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Or freedom of expression.

And it is symbolically on this World Press Freedom Day that it opens to the general public to discover the universe of the man who fell under the bullets of terrorists on January 7, 2015. Baptized "The laughter of Cabu”, this exhibition of 400 cult drawings, and sometimes unpublished, had already been presented in Paris in 2020, but cut short due to confinement.

Education to citizenship

On the initiative of the president of the region, Carole Delga, and the widow of the designer, Véronique Cabut, she puts her suitcases for the first time in the provinces in Toulouse.

Visitors will be able to find the Grand Duduche there, but also the successive Presidents of the Republic sketched with humor.

A way to discover the history of the Fifth Republic from a different angle.

“We strive to reach all audiences.

It's a moment to go deeper into the knowledge of history”, explains Jean-François Pitet, the curator of the exhibition who is delighted to introduce high school students in particular to this work of a “free man”.

“We want to show diversity, we want to make people laugh and think,” adds Véronique Cabut, who recalls that her husband was attached to the region, he was a big fan of Narbonnais Charles Trenet and a loyal fan of the Marciac Jazz Festival.

If the spirit of this exhibition is guided by humour, the message also remains that of activism.

“It's a tribute to freedom of expression.

I wanted it to be free because there is a cultural issue there but also an education in citizenship for the youngest, ”assures the socialist president of the Occitanie region, Carole Delga.

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