Thieves strip `Space Invader` mosaics from Paris walls
(Artdaily.org)

Thieves pretending to be Paris city workers have in the past few days stripped the French capital`s walls of pixellated works from French urban artist Invader, the city said on Friday. A spokeswoman said `more than a dozen pieces` from the artist have been torn from walls all around the city. Invader, whose real name or identity is unknown, produces pixellated works using bathroom tiles that hark back stylistically to early video games such as the 1978 `Space Invaders`. Some of his `invasions` have resulted in him being questioned by police, but copies of his works have often sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Two years ago, his mosaic of 1970s American cartoon character Hong Kong Phooey sold at auction at Sotheby`s in Hong Kong for HK$2 million ($256,000). The city of Paris said it `has decided to file