Manuel Neri, acclaimed Bay Area sculptor with a painterly touch, dies at 91

Mr. Neri sculpted rapidly, prizing pace and spontaneity in works that had been exhibited at galleries and museums throughout america. “Manuel would placed on plaster actual quick, take a hatchet actual quick, lower that arm off, throw it away and 20 minutes later, he’s received a brand new arm on there,” artist Joan Brown, one in all his 4 ex-wives, as soon as mentioned. Partly for expediency’s sake, he labored regularly with plaster, which he referred to as “a mere blob,” noting that “you are able to do something with it, at any time.”