Round 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 by an artist born in this country depicting a humanoid fused with a crocodile and a manta ray with a human head. Caryatids inspired a series of seated bronze women by an artist born in this country that occupied the outside niches of the Met. That artist born in this country exemplifies a kind of diaspora (*) “futurism” and is named Wangechi Mutu. (10[1])Heritage from this non-U.S. country is represented by blue lilies in a portrait of a man seated amidst (-5[1])a leafy (10[1])background by Kehinde Wiley. For 10 points, name this African country home to the father of Barack Obama. ■END■ (10[1])

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