Ab The Flagman

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Ab The Flagman was discovered outside Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium, selling his flags to baseball fans and passersby. An art dealer spotted him and Ab hasn't looked back since.

Born Roger Lee Ivens near Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Ab sculpts flags and patriotic scenes from furniture scraps and found objects. Given the nickname "Abstract" as a kid, Ab's work has been highy collected from the start. His fascination with the US flag comes from his military father's funeral, where Ab was a young boy, viewing the flag draped over his father's coffin.

Working in a furniture factory, Ab would build his flags at night, taking pieces from the scrap heap and amassing them into flags, large and small. Ab is also lead singer in a country rock band, The X-Miss America's, you can catch them around the Southeast. Ab's work is included in the Ted Turner Collection, and has been used by the Atlanta Business Bureau.