Round 2: Tossup 6

An artist from this country included 13 paintings of rhesus macaques in The Upper Room and used elephant dung in a controversial depiction (10[1])of a bare-breasted Mary. The Chinese performance duo Mad for Real jumped on an artwork from this country consisting of (10[1])a disheveled bed. One artist (10[1])from (10[1])this country covered a cast of a skull in diamonds in For (10[1])the Love of God. Sculptors (-5[1])decorate a “fourth plinth” in this country near a column named for a naval admiral. A member of a group of “Young Artists” (10[1])from this country has encased (10[1])animals like cows and sharks in formaldehyde. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are from what country where art (10[1])is displayed at the Tate Modern and the King’s Gallery (10[1])at Buckingham? ■END■

ANSWER: United Kingdom [or UK; or Great Britain; or GB; or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; accept Young British Artists; accept England; reject “Scotland” or “Wales” or “Northern Ireland”] (The artist clued in the first line is Chris Ofili. The column is Nelson’s Column.)
<Editors, Painting and Sculpture> | Packet C
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