U qor sii socodka faqradan-- dabayaaqadii 1950-yadii, Manuel Neri wuxuu xubin ka ahaa qolka sawirada ee iskaashatada farshaxanka, Six Gallery
San Francisco, oo ay la joogeen Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, iyo fanaaniin kale. Bishii Oktoobar 1955, wuxuu gacan ka geystay abaabulka "6 Abwaan ee 6 Gallery" Six Gallery reading, dhacdo taariikhi ah oo ku saabsan xilligii Beat-ka halkaas oo Allen Ginsberg uu siiyay akhriskii ugu horreeyay ee dadweynaha 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.