22/1/2010
BRE Global a flash of inspiration!
BRE Global is delighted to have inspired world renowned artist Mamma Andersson (1) with her painting, "Gone for Good" (2). This emotive painting is based on BRE Global's video; ‘The Front Room Fire', which was produced to demonstrate the potential for the rapid growth of fire in domestic properties.
Gone for Good by Mamma Andersson
Still footage of "Front Room Fire" - BRE Global
Available on videotape and DVD, this unique film created in 1989, illustrates the type of furniture which would have been popular during the 1980s and is still found in many homes today.
The film has been extremely successful in educating millions to basic fire safety principles in the home and excerpts have also been used by broadcasters worldwide.
BRE Global has pioneered the development and acceptance of Fire Safety Engineering both nationally and internationally, with testing carried out by recognised experts in our world renowned testing laboratories.
For further information on the fire investigation work of BRE Global visit: http://www.breglobal.com/ Copies of the "Front Room Fire" DVD are available from: http://www.brebookshop.com/
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Notes for Editors
BRE Global Limited (incorporating LPCB & BREEAM) is an independent third party approvals body offering certification of fire, security and sustainability products and services to an international market. BRE Global's product testing and approvals are carried out by recognised experts in our world renowned testing laboratories.
BRE Global Limited is custodian of a number of world leading brands including:
- - LPCB for the approval of fire and security products and services, listed in the Red Books
- - BREEAM the world's leading environmental assessment method for buildings, sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and has become the de-facto measure of a building's environmental performance.
BRE Global's mission is to ‘Protect People, Property and the Planet' and is a trading subsidiary of the BRE Trust, the registered research and education charity which owns the BRE Group. For further information please contact: BRE Global, Garston, Watford, WD25 9XX, Tel: 01923 664100, Fax: 01923 664910, Email: enquiries@breglobal.com or visit http://www.breglobal.com/
(1) Karin Mamma Andersson has rapidly emerged in recent years as one of Sweden's most internationally famous artists. Her work has led to a renewed and intensified interest in the potential of painting. Born in Luleå in 1962, and raised amidst forests and art books, her work is imbued with beguiling narrative zest and frequent references to the stage and everyday settings as well as to works by other artists.
(2) Currently the painting "Gone for Good", acrylic and oil on panel 48 x 62 7/8th inches (121.9 x 159.7cm), is displayed within a private collection at, ‘The Rachofsky House' in Dallas, USA.
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