Arnaud Adami · Romain Bagouet · Dhewadi Hadjab, Ma part d'eux

Château La Coste presents Ma part d’eux, a group exhibition bringing together three painters living and working in Paris: Arnaud Adami, Dhewadi Hadjab, and Romain Bagouet. United by bonds of friendship, shared sensibilities, and common references, the artists nonetheless propose singular approaches to contemporary realism. The exhibition explores the many ways in which a shared human and aesthetic proximity can generate distinct yet complementary pictorial visions.

The title Ma part d’eux evokes both the intimacy that connects the artists and the perceptible echoes between their works. All three share a remarkable technical mastery and a strong interest in photography, directional lighting, and an assertive use of color. The realism they deploy is never merely descriptive; it is infused with an emotional intensity that questions identity, the body, and the contemporary urban environment.

Arnaud Adami’s paintings focus on the human figure embedded within specific social roles. Long dedicated to precarious or marginalized workers—delivery riders, sex workers—his practice highlights figures he elevates to the status of silent heroes of everyday life. For Ma part d’eux, he presents florists absorbed in the act of composing bouquets, bathed in a delicate penumbra. Gesture, clothing, and texture become vehicles of intimacy, while light lends these quiet scenes an almost theatrical dimension.

In Dhewadi Hadjab’s work, the human figure is captured in moments of tension and imbalance. Contorted bodies, unstable postures, or suspended falls form scenes charged with physical intensity. Set within meticulously rendered interiors, his figures are staged through dramatic lighting reminiscent of Caravaggesque chiaroscuro. The vivid colors of clothing and references to contemporary fashion firmly anchor these scenes in a current urban reality, where sensuality and vulnerability intertwine.

Romain Bagouet, for his part, turns away from the human figure to focus on architecture and the urban landscape. Drawing from photographic fragments, he isolates repetitive and geometric structures, transforming them into pared-down compositions of stratified surfaces and carefully constructed volumes. At times, an empty chair or a discreet presence interrupts these silent spaces. His paintings oscillate between enclosure and openness, revealing unreal skies and distant horizons that recall the metaphysical dimension of certain modern architectures.

Through a masterful use of color and light, Ma part d’eux establishes a sensitive dialogue between these three pictorial practices. The exhibition reveals how shared references and personal bonds can give rise to multiple, nuanced readings of contemporary life, poised between intimacy, staging, and urban contemplation.