Tanya Ling Turns to the Abstract With Latest Exhibition

Tanya Ling's lines are running wild. The long, slim, twisting lines that
once depicted Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Stefano Pilati-clad ladies - and even shaped themselves into a Fendi Peekaboo bag - now flow into abstract oil paintings, linear drawings and sculptures made from salt dough and grouting. Ling, who for decades worked as a fashion illustrator for the big fashion and beauty houses, has turned from figurative, commercial work to abstract painting and sculpture, with her latest work on show in a converted Victorian stable block at Lyndsey Ingram in Mayfair. "Incitatus," which runs until March 14, springs from Ling's lifelong love of horses, and is hot, blurry and breathless. It could not be farther from the wide­eyed, statuesque beauties that Ling once conjured for the big brands.