Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwema1950, Manuel Neri aive nhengo yemubatanidzwa wekuratidzira unotungamirwa nemunyori, Six Gallery muSan Francisco, pamwe naJoan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, nevamwe maartist. Muna October 1955, akabatsira kuronga "6 Poets pa6 Gallery" Six Gallery kuverenga
, chiitiko chinokosha chenguva yeBeat apo Allen Ginsberg akapa kurava kworuzhinji kwokutanga kweHowl. Muna 1959, Neri akanga ari nhengo yokutanga yeBruce Conner's Rat Bastard Protective Association. Muma1960, akabatanidzwa neBay Area Figurative Movement. Akanga akaroorwa naBay Area muimbi Joan Brown kubva muna 1962 kusvika muna 1966, kunyange hazvo hukama hwavo uye kubatana kwehunyanzvi kwakatanga makore akati wandei izvi zvisati zvaitika.