Round 3: Tossup 6

An artist from this country included 13 paintings of rhesus macaques in The Upper Room and used elephant dung in a controversial (10[1])depiction of a bare-breasted Mary. The Chinese performance duo Mad for Real jumped on an artwork from (10[1])this country consisting (10[1])of a disheveled bed. One artist from this country covered a cast (10[1])of a skull in diamonds in For (-5[1])the Love of God. (10[1])Sculptors decorate a “fourth plinth” in this country near a column named for a naval admiral. (10[1])A member of a group of “Young (10[1])Artists” from this country has encased animals like cows and sharks in formaldehyde. (10[1])For 10 points, Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are from what country where art is displayed at the Tate Modern (10[1])and the King’s Gallery at Buckingham? ■END■ (10[3])

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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