Packet 2: Tossup 22

An artist from this country painted men in underwear kneeling around Xi Jinping in a series composed after mostly Chinese artists represented this country at the 2013 Venice Biennale. In 2021, the Legion of Honor’s copy of The Thinker was flanked by sculptures (15[1])by an artist born in this country depicting a humanoid fused with a crocodile and a (15[1])manta ray (-5[1])with a human head. Caryatids inspired a series (15[1])of seated (15[1])bronze women (15[1])by an (-5[1])artist (15[1])born in this country (15[1])that occupied the outside niches of the Met. That artist born in this country exemplifies (15[1])a kind of diaspora (*) “futurism” and (10[1])is named Wangechi Mutu. (10[9])Heritage (10[1])from (-5[1])this non-U.S. (-5[1])country is represented by blue lilies in a portrait (10[2])of a man seated (10[1])amidst (10[2]-5[2])a leafy (10[3])background by (10[1])Kehinde (10[2]-5[1])Wiley. (10[2])For 10 points, name this African country home to the father (10[1])of Barack Obama. ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

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