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, 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]
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_(15617759019).jpg.webp) The sculpture on November 8 | |
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| Artist | Alex Chinneck |
| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Paraffin wax |
| Subject | House |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| 51.5046°N 0.0936°W | |
| Website | alexchinneck |
See also
References
- Weingus, Leigh (30 October 2014). "This Creepy Wax House Is Slowly Melting to the Ground in the Middle of London". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- "Alex Chinneck – A Pound of Flesh for 50p (The Melting House)". Merge Festival. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- Alleyne, Allyssia (25 November 2014). "Strange case of the melting house: Alex Chinneck's mind-bending buildings". CNN. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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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