A Pound of Flesh for 50p
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| A Pound of Flesh for 50p | |
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_(15617759019).jpg) The sculpture on 8 November 2014 | |
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| Artist | Alex Chinneck |
| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Paraffin wax |
| Subject | House |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| 51°30′17″N 0°05′37″W / 51.5046°N 0.0936°W | |
| Website | alexchinneck |
A Pound of Flesh for 50p, also known as Melting House, was a temporary outdoor sculpture by artist Alex Chinneck, located in London, England. Part of the city's Merge Festival, the two-storey house sculpture was constructed from 8,000 paraffin wax bricks and it was designed to melt with assistance from a heating apparatus over the course of the installation.[1] It was displayed from 26 September to 18 November 2014, at 40 Southwark Street, SE1 9HP,[2] the structure's roof being gradually lowered as the wax melted. After it had been reduced to "a pile of hardened goo", the sculpture was removed.[3]
