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The Pulse of the City exhibition of Johannesburg cityscapes in lipstick was inspired by my involvement with a campaign to launch the Range Rover Evoque. I had been painting with lipstick since 2002 when it started by accident. Over the years I focused on still life, and it would never have occurred to me to attempt cityscapes were it not for Land Rover. To thank Land Rover's marketing director for choosing me as a brand ambassador, I presented him with a painting of my interpretation of the campaign. That first cityscape led to others, and over time my style has evolved in several different directions. The exhibition is divided into several themes – Cityscapes, Zoo City, Ngunis and Sisyphus in Johannesburg. The Ngunis, for example, represent pop art meets 18th century English farm animal portraits meets 19th century naturalists' notebooks meets social history. Each painting features the Johannesburg skyline.
These days, using lipstick on Triplex – the thick, shiny cardboard used by advertising agencies to mount layouts and also by architects to build models – she paints cityscapes, bulls and bears (Britten's grandfather worked in Diagonal Street), fruit, flowers and animals, including cats, horses, rhinos and Nguni cattle.
She wrote her Master's research report on South African humour (with a focus on Madam & Eve) and has a doctorate in Applied English Language Studies, the title of her thesis being 'One nation, one beer: the mythology of the new South Africa in advertising'. Her area of academic interest relates to national identity and comedy, and the concept of 'National Intimacy', as defined by the anthropologist Michael Herzfeld.
I've spent most of my working life in the advertising industry
During the day Sarah Britten is a communication strategist; by night she writes books and blog entries. And sometimes paints. With lipstick. It helps to have insomnia.
Sarah Britten has written two books on South African insults and is working on a third. She is fascinated by nationalism and national identity; the title of her PhD thesis was One Nation, One Beer: The Mythology of the New South Africa in Advertising. She tries not to feel too guilty about the fact that she promotes the evils of consumer capitalism for a living.
Sarah Britten has written three books on South African insults. The latest has a yellow cover and would make a perfect Christmas present. And yes, Julius Malema gets a chapter to himself.
Sarah Britten has written two books on South African insults and is working on a third. She is fascinated by nationalism and national identity; the title of her PhD thesis was One Nation, One Beer: The Mythology of the New South Africa in Advertising. She tries not to feel too guilty about the fact that she promotes the evils of consumer capitalism for a living.
Sarah Britten has written three books on South African insults. The latest has a yellow cover and would make a perfect Christmas present. And yes, Julius Malema gets a chapter to himself.
