BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Hopping off the L train at Lorimer Street, one promptly encounters a confounding yet aesthetically pleasing storefront façade — a luminous sunset originating from inside an otherwise unremarkable setting. This installation piece, Sunset (2009), is one of the new works by Brooklyn-based artist Glen Baldridge featured in his current exhibition at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in Williamsburg, on view Friday through Sunday and by appointment through June 7.

Inside the gallery, Baldridge presents a satirical critique of the proliferating role of consumerism within our culture by shrewdly coupling consumer goods with such motifs as sorrow and death through a multitude of mediums, including installation, print, drawing, and sculpture. Read More