A Pound of Flesh for 50p

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]

A Pound of Flesh for 50p
The sculpture on 8 November 2014
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