OY/YO is now on display at the Cantor!
NOW ON VIEW!
Across its galleries, the Cantor is enacting a new vision to act as a gathering place for diverse ideas and to present art in more contemporary ways. It now hopes that vision will extend just beyond its front steps through the museum’s newly-acquired sculpture OY/YO by artist Deborah Kass, now on view.
Brooklyn-based painter, printmaker and sculptor Deborah Kass is known for working at the intersection of art history, popular culture and identity -- particularly related to Jewish culture and elements of difference – all three of which come together in OY/YO. As such, she describes the piece as a distillation of everything she cares about in an unexpected form.
In particular, OY/YO explores the combination of imagery and language: “oy,” as in “oy vey,” is a Yiddish term of fatigue, resignation or woe; “yo,” is a greeting associated with African American slang. In addition, “yo” in Spanish means “I.” Each usage has been co-opted in popular culture. “The fact that this particular work resonates so beautifully in so many languages to so many communities is why I wanted to make it monumental,” Kass told the New York Times.
Read what Sam Whiting from the SF Chronicle says about the OY/YO.
The Stanford art museums will open to the campus community on April 16 and to the public on April 21 at 25% capacity.
Free timed tickets are required and will be available soon.
In the meantime, we invite you to explore Museums From Home to enjoy Stanford art museums from home.
The Cantor Arts Center is located at the intersection of Museum Way and Lomita Drive in the heart of the arts district on the Stanford campus. The Cantor faces the Bing Concert Hall across Palm Drive, northwest of The Oval and the Main Quad.
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