 These artists were also seen as combining modern art with Communist ideology.Some scholars, including Barreiro, saw the government was an outspoken critic against concrete art as a whole, whereas others such as Andrea Giunta assert that the Madí and Concrete groups were not victimized under Perón's regime; rather, they "coexisted on its margins".The political regime of Perón made use of both linguistic and visual images for propaganda purposes.