Robert Hughes continues his journey through the American art world, stopping off to examine the revolutionary styles of the 1950s and 1960s. As the USA became a global superpower, consumer culture and Cold War paranoia grew, spawning a new generation of artists. The Abstract Expressionists, including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko, believed the process of creating a painting as important as the finished product, while Andy Warhol and the Pop Artists celebrated the aesthetic qualities of everyday products.