The Safety Valve

Use an artwork or two from the Fineburg text as examples in your response to this quote from artist Daniel Buren: "Art is the safety valve of our repressive systems. As long as it exists, and, better yet, the more prevalent it becomes, art will be the system's distracting mask. And a system has nothing to fear as long as its reality is masked, as long as its contradictions are hidden." 

Due Monday, November 7th

Given all the political and social unrest in the 60's, it seems logical that art would go through a transformation, too. What clear connections do you see between some of the demonstrations, riots and youth movements particularly from '68 and the trends in contemporary art of that time?