Ben Talbert was part of the original circle of beat and alternative Venice artist's from the 1960's. Not only was he friends with all of the people from the seminal group, in particular Wallace Berman and Ed Kienholz, but was also exhibited in a major show with both of them at the Pasadena Art Museum as well as a solo show curated by Walter Hopps also at Pasadena Art Museum. The woodcuts in this exhibiton were the ones that were included in the Pasadena Art Museum solo exhibion of his work in 1962.