''A Pound of Flesh for 50p'', also known as ''Melting House'', was a temporary outdoor sculpture by artist
Alex Chinneck
Alex Chinneck MRSS (born 1 October 1984) is a British sculptor known for creating temporary public artworks.
Early life
Alex was educated at Bedford Modern School, where his father taught PE. He had ambitions to become a cricketer, having ca ...
, located in London, England. Part of the city's Merge Festival, the two-story house sculpture was constructed from 8,000
paraffin wax
Paraffin wax (or petroleum wax) is a soft colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil shale that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules containing between 20 and 40 carbon atoms. It is solid at room temperature and begins to m ...
bricks and it was designed to melt with assistance from a heating apparatus over the course of the installation.
It was displayed from 26 September to 18 November 2014, at 40
Southwark Street
Southwark Street is a major street in Bankside in the London Borough of Southwark, in London England, just south of the River Thames. It runs between Blackfriars Road to the west and Borough High Street to the east. It also connects the access ...
, SE1 9HP,
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.
See also
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2014 in art
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Events
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References
External links
A Pound of Flesh for 50p (The Melting House), 40 Southwark Street – exhibition reviewby Robert Bevan (28 October 2014), ''London Evening Standard''
2014 disestablishments in England
2014 establishments in England
2014 sculptures
Destroyed sculptures
Outdoor sculptures in London
Wax sculptures
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