Madison Gallery Explores Climate Change Through Art in “Four Seasons Interrupted”
Climate change is one of those topics that can feel abstract until someone finds a way to make it visible. Radenko Milak has done exactly that with his new exhibition at Madison Gallery in Solana Beach.
Four Seasons Interrupted uses large-scale watercolors to show what happens when the natural rhythm of seasons starts breaking down – winter bleeding into spring, heatwaves hitting in April, snow arriving in October.
An Artist With Serious Credentials
Milak represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 57th Venice Biennale back in 2017 with his University of Disaster series, which put him on the international map. His work is in collections at major institutions like Albertina in Vienna, Ludwig Museum in Budapest, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb.
This is his second solo show at Madison Gallery, and it’s clear why they brought him back.
What the Work Actually Does
The exhibition features 12-14 meticulously executed watercolors set against the New York City skyline. These aren’t small pieces – many stretch floor to ceiling – and they blur the line between painting and photography in a way that makes you look twice.
At first glance, they could pass for archival images, but the longer you spend with them, the more you notice what’s off about the scenes.
Milak describes the work as exploring an “endless digital day” where seasonal boundaries disappear. He’s getting at something specific: “Climate change erases seasonal transitions, and people – detached from natural cycles – continue to live in the rhythm of infrastructures that know no pause.”
It’s about cities that never stop glowing, nature losing its contours, and time becoming this unbroken stretch rather than the cyclical thing it used to be.
Why It Resonates
Gallery owner Lorna York puts it well: “What struck me most about Radenko’s vision is his ability to transform the silent yet dramatic loss of seasonal rhythm into something we can see and feel.”
That’s the strength of the show – it takes something we might intellectually understand but have trouble visualizing and makes it concrete.
The exhibition mixes works from multiple series, so you’re seeing connections and overlaps that create new narratives. There are both large and small format pieces, which gives the show some variety in how you experience the work.
Worth the Drive to Solana Beach
Madison Gallery has built a reputation for bringing museum-level international artists to Southern California, and this show fits that pattern. The exhibition runs through mid-December, with an opening reception in early November if you want to see it with a crowd and maybe talk to some people about what you’re looking at.
See You There!
Experience how art can make climate disruption tangible, and spend some time with work that asks uncomfortable questions about our relationship with the natural world.
📆 Now open until December 15, 2025 | Opening Reception: November 8, 6 PM – 9 PM
📍 320 S Cedros Ave, Ste. 200, Solana Beach
🎟️ RSVP: 858-523-9155 or email info@madisongalleries.com
ℹ️ More info here
See you there, San Diego!
