Round 3: Tossup 6

An artist from this country depicted actors dressed as policemen standing still for an hour in her piece 60 Minutes Silence. A different artist from this country included 13 paintings of rhesus macaques in The Upper Room and used elephant dung in a controversial depiction of a bare-breasted Mary. The Chinese performance duo Mad for Real jumped on an artwork from this country featuring an unmade bed. (10[1])A member of a “Young” movement (10[1])of artists in this country (10[1])covered a cast of a skull in diamonds in For the Love of God and encased (10[1])animals like cows and sharks in formaldehyde. For 10 points, Tracey (10[1])Emin and Damien Hirst are from what country where art is displayed at the Tate Modern? ■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 Gillian Wearing, and in the second line is Chris Ofili. The column is Nelson’s Column.)
<Briticised, Painting and Sculpture> | Packet C
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Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%82.40
UK (South)UK8100%25%93.75