Swedish graffiti group kidnaps cow

STOCKHOLM – Swedish graffiti artists kidnapped a fibre-glass cow from the international art exhibit, CowParade, held power drills to its head and threatened to “sacrifice” it unless the sculptures were declared “non-art”.

A video sent to a newspaper showed the cow flanked by two masked, black-clad figures wielding power drills in front of a sign reading “Stockholm’s Militant Graffiti Artists”. “We demand that the cows are declared non-art.Otherwise the hostage will be sacrificed,” said a voice on the video.The group gave the organisers of the Stockholm exhibit till noon on August 23 to comply with their demand.The video was shown to police investigating the cow’s disappearance last week from an island housing Stockholm’s Modern Art Museum.”We are very upset about the whole matter,” said Helena Cederberg, a spokeswoman for CowParade, which is touted as “the world’s largest public art event”.- Nampa-Reuters”We demand that the cows are declared non-art.Otherwise the hostage will be sacrificed,” said a voice on the video.The group gave the organisers of the Stockholm exhibit till noon on August 23 to comply with their demand.The video was shown to police investigating the cow’s disappearance last week from an island housing Stockholm’s Modern Art Museum.”We are very upset about the whole matter,” said Helena Cederberg, a spokeswoman for CowParade, which is touted as “the world’s largest public art event”.- Nampa-Reuters