Stolen wall

Stolen street art in Lofoten, Norway. Read about it in the newspaper:

http://www.lofotposten.no/lokale_nyheter/article5556437.ece

Street artist Pøbel decorated fire wall on an abandoned house at Skjerpen in Vesvågøy municipality in 2010. Now, one of the walls is gone.

It looks like art theft of big proportions. One of the short walls and parts of the long wall is gone.

- We saw people by the house three or fire weeks ago. They drove two big cars, but we did not think much about it. There are people all the time by the house, looking at the street art, says neighbour Odd-Egil Benjaminsen.

He lives 200 meter away from the house, and sees parts of the abandoned house from his windows, but not the wall that have been removed. So he didn't noticed any thing unusually until last Thursday.

- I drove up with my snowmobile to have a look at our well. On my way down again I passed the house and noticed that the wall was gone, Benjaminsen tells.

He has been in contact with the house owner, who knew nothing about it.

The cultural administrator of Vestvågøy municipality, Camilla Skadberg, therefore thinks this is an art theft.

– Dolk and Pøbel are always in contact with the house owners before they do anything. This is also so bad done technically, that I don't think they have anything to do with it. The house is ruined, she says.

Dolk and Pøbel are presenting their work with pseudonyms. Lofotposten have not been able to get in touch with the artists.

The police have been at the place.