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A Pound of Flesh for 50p, also known as Melting House, was a temporary outdoor sculpture by artist Alex Chinneck, located in London, United Kingdom. Part of the city's Merge Festival, the two-story 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 September 26 to November 18, 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]

A Pound of Flesh for 50p
The sculpture on November 8
Artist	Alex Chinneck
Year	2014 (2014)
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Paraffin wax
Subject	House
Location	London, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.5046°N 0.0936°W / 51.5046; -0.0936
Website	alexchinneck.com/project/a-pound-of-flesh-for-50p/

See also

• 2014 in art

References

External links

• A Pound of Flesh for 50p (The Melting House), 40 Southwark Street – exhibition review by Robert Bevan (28 October 2014), London Evening Standard

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