Installations, more than any form of visual art, invite the viewer to play. Two galleries have shows up now that can be seen as installation art -- one, at Elias Fine Art, simply because of the scale of the work; the other, at the NAO Project Gallery, because it's a multimedia piece. Stop by Elias Fine Art to see Sharon Engelstein's installation and you'll feel like a small child in a playroom with giant toys. Engelstein makes inflatable sculptures out of fabric and forced air. They swell out like clusters of bubbles, one sphere attached to the next. ''B'bleb'' is so big, at 10 feet by 15 feet by 19 feet, it looks as though it might bust the seams of the gallery and go on to star in a...
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