2001-12-09 - 2:40 p.m.
THE GUARDIAN ON TATE DEMO (10.12.01)
Creed's The Lights Going On and Off, an empty room in which the lights do just that, is the most minimal work ever to win the £20,000 prize, so minimal in fact that many of those who have seen it were unaware it was anything more than dodgy wiring.
But the judges, who included the Tate supremo Sir Nicholas Serota, loved it for its daring and for driving some traditionalists to apoplexy. Last night a group of Stuckists - angry at the way painters have been sidelined by the prize - rose to the bait and gathered outside flashing their torches on and off in protest.
