Electrician "fixes" neon artwork

A Glasgow council worker thought a flickering light on a £200,000 work of art was broken - so he decided to fix it.

The neon Empire sign, created by Turner Prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon, had stood for five years before the electrician thought it was faulty and rewired it. Its central 'P' deliberately blinked to give a seedy look but the un-named worker thought its bulb had blown.

Posted by David on July 4, 2003 2:51 PM