This article is interesting... I wonder how many contemporary artists are so easily maniputed? Due perhaps to a constant pursuit for recognition of "artistic genius" - that's easily thrawted anyway by self-imposed denials of meaningful insights that badly impact that artist's financial support. This would make contemporary artists a great manipulation tool for many an unsavoury aim.
We look to artists to explore and describe what's outside the bounds of convention, which is admirable when it brings back something of real value for all. It's evil when it rather just props up power for a small number of greedy schemers.
This describes the strategy of shifting the unacceptable to being the norm:
An example of what could take place:
"...the media would dig up some radical contemporary artists who perform by defecating on their plates and eating it all on camera."
Read more about this example and how it could all work: https://off-guardian.org/2017/12/20/shadow-economy-democracy-and-the-manipulation-of-public-opinion/