Walter De Maria's "13, 15, 15 Meter Rows," at Gagosian, is one example of the hyperimmaculate big box style of installations in Chelsea. (photo Robert McKeever/gagosian Gallery)

Darren Almond's 2007 "Mono Chrono Pneumatic Red" piece at the Matthew Marks Gallery Fresher is a red digital clock one inch short of 13 feet tall. (photo Matthew Marks Gallery)

At the Mary Boone Gallery, Pierre Bismuth’s installation shows how an excess of space can bring out the grandiose in an artist, says Roberta Smith. (photo Mary Boone Gallery)

Mr. Bismuth’s work includes large, tilted planes that are covered with giant ads of his show from Artforum and Art in America. (photo Mary Boone Gallery)

A visitor to the David Zwirner Gallery eats curry while another walks past the Rirkrit Tiravanija's piece, "Untitled 1992 (Free)." Part of Tiravanija's exhibit includes a kitchen where Thai curry is cooked and served. (photo Rebecca McAlpin for The New York Times)

At Yvon Lambert New York’s new space, Joan Jonas fills the gallery space with a walk-in-collage of sculpture, objects and video called “The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things." (photo Michel Falco for The New York Times)

Ms. Jonas's piece was originally installed at the Dia:Beacon. A film of the Dia performance plays in a room next to the installation, providing its soundtrack and allowing visitors to move between the two. (photo Michel Falco for The New York Times)

Orly Genger’s “Masspeak” piles three tons of nylon climbing rope around the Larissa Goldston Gallery. (photo Larissa Goldston Gallery)

At Postmasters, Spencer Finch’s wall of electric fans are programmed to replicate the speed and direction of the wind as measured by Mr. Finch one day last month at Walden Pond. (photo Postmasters Gallery)

At Luhring Augustine Gallery, a cheek-by-jowl display of paintings by Josh Smith functions as an installation, on purpose, as a way to stress the gallery’s commercial function. (photo Hiroko Matsuike for The New York Times)

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