U qor qor sii wadida sadarkan - Dabayaaqadii 1950-yadii, Manuel Neri wuxuu xubin ka ahaa galka iskaashiga farshaxanka, Six Gallery ee San Francisco, oo ay weheliyaan Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, iyo fanaaniin kale. Bishii Oktoobar 1955, wuxuu gacan ka geystay abaabulka "6 Gabay ee 6 Gallery" Six Gallery reading
, dhacdo taariikhi ah oo ka dhacday xilligii Beat-ka halkaas oo Allen Ginsberg uu ka akhriyay markii ugu horeysay Howl. Sanadkii 1959, Neri waxay xubin ka ahayd Bruce Conner Ururka Badbaadinta Jiirka. 1960-yadii, wuxuu la xiriiray dhaqdhaqaaqa Bay Area Figurative Movement. Wuxuu guursaday fanaanka Bay Area Joan Brown 1962 ilaa 1966, in kasta oo xiriirka iyo iskaashiga farshaxanka ay dib u bilaabeen dhowr sano ka hor tan.