You've probably heard it more than once from Brooklynites, "I really don't have the energy to go into the city tonight." 

It's as if there's some insurmountable amount of effort required to just hop on the subway, right? 

But, it is very true that New York City is a different city on either shore of the East River, and that's a part of artist Deborah Kass' concept for her latest piece, "OY/YO," which was recently installed in Brooklyn Bridge Park. 

The cool part about this sculpture is that it reads "Yo" when your looking at it from Manhattan, and it reads "Oy" when you're looking at it from Brooklyn. 

That's brilliant for a couple of reasons. For one, having a giant "Oy" staring you in the face before you make your trek across to NYC is a great summary of the frustration many Brooklynites feel while enduring the trip.

From the other side, having Brooklyn shout Manhattan a cross-river "Yo" is a very NYC-esque way of saying hello, as if the boroughs are always greeting each other with a sense of humor. 

It's thought-provoking and fun, public art-- as in, "OY/YO" helps to maintain NYC's reputation as a city chock full of awesome public spaces. 

"OY/YO" itself was inspired in part, or an homage in part, to Picasso's famous self-portrait "Yo Picasso" and the famous "LOVE" sculpture by Robert Indiana. 

twotreesny OY, Manhattan. Just installed Deborah Kass's OY/YO sculpture in Brooklyn Bridge Park! On view through August 2016 | 📷 by Etienne Frossard

There's also a heavy dose of homage/spoof relating to Edward Ruscha's 1962 painting entitled "OOF."

Regardless of where all the inspiration came from, Kass' latest piece-- not her first of the type but certainly the largest-- is here to stay until August 2016. 

So, what side of the river will we see you on? 

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[via The New York Times]