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  Now on view at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: Deborah Kass’s renowned OY/YO sculpture! The Weitzman will host Brooklyn-based artist Deborah Kass’ monumental OY/YO sculpture on its grounds, at 5th and Market Streets on Independence Mall, for the next 12 months. The bright yellow aluminum statue is a creative take on wordplay using just two letters. One side says “YO,” referencing the attention-getting phrase used throughout Philly, as well as “I” in Spanish, while the other side reads “OY,” a popular Yiddish phrase used in Jewish and American culture. At 8 feet tall, 16.25 feet wide, and 4.5 feet deep, “OY” will become part of Old City’s cultural fabric and a destination for tourists and locals alike. Kass first created “OY” as a painting in 2011 and turned it into a sculpture that sat in New York’s Brooklyn Bridge Park in 2015. You can get a chance to see the sculptures' new home at The Weitzman starting in May. Learn more at theweitzman.org. ????: Deborah Kass | OY/YO, 2015 | Painted Aluminum (Rendering) | © 2022 Deborah Kass / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York | Photograph by Barry Halkin

  Now on view at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: Deborah Kass’s renowned OY/YO sculpture!
  
  The Weitzman will host Brooklyn-based artist Deborah Kass’ monumental OY/YO sculpture on its grounds, at 5th and Market Streets on Independence Mall, for the next 12 months. The bright yellow aluminum statue is a creative take on wordplay using just two letters. One side says “YO,” referencing the attention-getting phrase used throughout Philly, as well as “I” in Spanish, while the other side reads “OY,” a popular Yiddish phrase used in Jewish and American culture.
  
  At 8 feet tall, 16.25 feet wide, and 4.5 feet deep, “OY” will become part of Old City’s cultural fabric and a destination for tourists and locals alike. Kass first created “OY” as a painting in 2011 and turned it into a sculpture that sat in New York’s Brooklyn Bridge Park in 2015.
  
  You can get a chance to see the sculptures' new home at The Weitzman starting in May. Learn more at theweitzman.org.
  
  ????: Deborah Kass | OY/YO, 2015 | Painted Aluminum (Rendering) | © 2022 Deborah Kass / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York | Photograph by Barry Halkin

  
  

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