Join SAAM’s research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and how each one tells us about an ever-changing culture in the United States. Elizabeth Fair, Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellow, discusses Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale’s Marriage in Form.   

Image credit: Lucia Martino 
Credit: Kay Sekimachi, Bob Stocksdale, Marriage in Form, 1996, hornet's nest paper and Pacific yew, A (wooden bowl): 4 × 4 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. (10.2 × 11.4 × 11.1 cm) 
B (paper bowl): 4 1/8 × 4 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (10.5 × 12.1 × 11.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jane and Arthur Mason, 2022.43.1A-B