Exhibition – Riad Sattouf “The Arab of the future, world-work”

Riad Sattouf, Grand Prix 2023 of the Angoulême Festival, brings you into his universe through the doors of his world-work, to which he has just put an end: The Arab of the future.

The exhibition brings to life the characters, places (mainly Brittany and Syria), customs, eras and cultural differences between the West and the Mediterranean East which run through the six volumes of the series. Alongside the original plates and drawings of The Arab of the Future, the personal archives of Riad Sattouf, objects and photographs with sociological and cultural dimensions, friendly and erudite voices come to shed their light on the man, the author and his work. Thus, the confidences, at the microphone of Caroline Broué, the novelist Leila Slimani, the young actor Vincent Lacoste, the journalist Mathilde Serrell, the sociologist Monique Dagnaud and the historians Pascal Ory and Leyla Dakhli punctuate the different parts of the exhibition.

Enriched with videos and sound extracts, the journey first focuses on the world as The Arab of the Future depicts it, both in its historical, political and cultural dimension, and in its sociological dimension. It then takes you into the imagination of Riad Sattouf and into his intimacy as a child and adolescent, thanks to the reconstruction of a fictitious room with walls covered with his favorite works, leading to a corridor covered with flagship comic strips of the 2000s. The end of the course is devoted to the very process of creation and the plural aesthetics of the author, from his sources of inspiration to his primordial relationship with cinema.

The entrance ticket to the comic book museum also gives access to the ship's exhibitions at no extra charge.