[6] The artwork was acquired by Tate Britain for its permanent collection in 2013; at the time, it had been recently valued as being worth around £110,000.

[10] Rachel Campbell-Johnston, art critic for The Times, wrote: "His flickering installation may mean everything or it may mean nothing, but at least it gives the viewer something to look at, something more interesting than plotless movies and planks of wood.

"[10] In an interview with The Times, critic David Lee said "Last year, the Tate was scraping the barrel.

"[10] Artist Jacqueline Crofton threw several eggs at the walls of Creed's empty room as a protest against the prize, declaring that Creed's presentations were not real art and that "painting is in danger of becoming an extinct skill in this country".

[11] Later reviews have been equally divided, with Waldemar Januszczak writing in 2012: "the worst winner of all time of the Turner Prize was the tedious Martin Creed, in 2001, who showed us an empty room in which a light bulb went on and off, and that was all.