This article was taken from the December 2014 issue of WIRED magazine. Be the first to read WIRED's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online.
Graffiti is having a renaissance moment, thanks to a new generation of street artists treating the city as their canvas and Instagram as their gallery. "Most of the street art we see today is online. People share examples that they like through Instagram or Twitter and because of that trend everyone is much more aware of what's possible," says Lee Bofkin, founder of the Global Street Art project, which helps artists organise legal murals and hosts a website cataloguing more than 80,000 photos of graffiti from all over the world.
This online boom has led to an explosion of innovative methods, with increased appreciation for the art form opening up legal avenues for practitioners to experiment in broad daylight without fear of prosecution. "The number of techniques and traditions has completely expanded," says Bofkin. "It's not just spray paint and stencils, it's really unusual stuff like tiles and painting on cling film. Anything can now be used to make street art." Here's WIRED's pick of the artists pushing the boundaries.
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