When he exhibited Work No 227: The Lights Going On and Off for the 2001 Turner prize, which he won (the other contenders were Mike Nelson, Isaac Julien and Richard Billingham: a strong year), even the art - friendly got huffy, with reviews such as «unfit to be considered for the prize», «exceptionally odd», and» (has been) met with a mixture of
deep incredulity, attempts at
philosophising and plain outrage».