Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ná ngwụsị afọ ndị 1950, Manuel Neri bụ onye otu nke ụlọ ọrụ na-arụ ọrụ na-arụ ọrụ na-arụ ọrụ,
Ụlọ ihe osise isii dị na San Francisco, ya na Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, na ndị ọzọ na-ese ihe. N'ọnwa Ọktoba afọ 1955, o nyere aka ịhazi "6 Poets at 6 Gallery" Six Gallery ọgụgụ, ihe omume oge Beat bụ ebe Allen Ginsberg nyere ọgụgụ ihu ọha mbụ nke Howl. N'afọ 1959, Neri bụ onye mbụ so n'òtù Bruce Conner's Rat Bastard Protective Association. N'afọ ndị 1960, ejikọtara ya na Bay Area Figurative Movement. Ọ lụrụ onye na-ese ihe na Bay Area bụ Joan Brown site na 1962 ruo 1966, ọ bụ ezie na mmekọrịta ha na mmekorita nka malitere ọtụtụ afọ tupu nke a.