Toy Boy

Toy Boy’s (1976,Luanda, Angola) art reflects his critical view on social everyday issues; he articulates the raw, coarse, corrupt, social and gender tensions in Luanda’s ever-changing urban environment. He does this by focusing on the human presence, by looking at the daily lives of people who experience the city’s harsh realities just as he does. His work is deeply grounded in Angola’s past and present. Toy Boy’s artistic style owes little to local traditions but also borrows from Western styles and techniques and does with them as he pleases. Sometimes he opts for pop art or comics, other times for collages or ready-mades.