A sculpture in this country called Survival of the Fattest satirizes Europe’s dependence on African labor by depicting an emaciated Black teenager struggling to carry an obese Lady Justice. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this continental European country home to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. In 2003, Tate Modern visitors laid on their backs to look up at a huge lighted sun disc installed by an artist born in this continental country.
ANSWER: Denmark [or Danemark] (The Tate Modern piece is The Weather Project by Danish-born artist Olafur Eliasson.)
[10e] The sculptor of Survival of the Fattest, Jens Galschiøt (“yenz GAL-shut”), submerged it in the water right next to this landmark Copenhagen sculpture depicting a nude Hans Christian Andersen heroine.
ANSWER: The Little Mermaid [or Den lille Havfrue]
[10h] As founder of human rights collective The Color Orange, Galschiøt created this sculpture series of intertwined faces and skulls. In 2021, Hong Kong removed an entry in this series dedicated to Tiānānmén Square victims.
ANSWER: Pillars of Shame [or Pillar of Shame or Guóshāng zhī Zhù]
<Ani Perumalla, Visual Fine Arts>