梁明玉：服裝設計師的B面

胡婷

“左手霓裳，右手丹青。”這是美術評論家林木對梁明玉的評價。

梁明玉雖然以“服裝設計師”的身份為人熟知，但“畫家”其實是她作為設計師的B面。孩童時，她就開始學習繪畫，幾十年來，她的包里始終都有一個速寫本，走到哪里就畫到哪里。盡管服裝設計占據了她大部分時間，但她從未放下手中的畫筆。

“服裝是一種視覺外延，有著一種外在的華麗，而畫畫是更深的內心，已經成為一種陪伴。”梁明玉這樣總結服裝設計與繪畫的關系。

"Half a fashioner designer and half a painter." This is how art critic Lin Mu describes Liang Mingyu.

Though gained a reputation as a "fashion designer"， Liang Mingyu has an unbeknown identity - a "painter"， which is her B side as a designer. Began to learn painting since she was a child， she has， for decades， kept hold of her sketchbook wherever she went. Although design takes up most of her time， she never puts down her paintbrush.

"Clothing is a kind of visual extension with an external magnificence， while painting going much deeper and has become a companion of me." summed up Liang Mingyu when talking about the relationship between fashion design and painting.

人生的拼圖The Jigsaw Puzzle of Life

梁明玉的工作室，有一面大大的落地窗。夏日的窗外，三角梅開得正盛。窗前，梁明玉頭發高高挽起，一襲白衣。

見到我們，她熱情介紹她的最新成果——那是兩個方形果盤，梁明玉用了十幾年，上面已經有了劃痕，她舍不得扔，于是在果盤上畫了幅少數民族老繡片上的獅子圖案。

像這兩個果盤一樣被梁明玉翻新的舊物，工作室里還有不少：泛黃的空調外殼畫上了她喜歡的花卉；更衣室的外墻裝飾著她親手制作的拼布布藝；用了二十多年的沙發，她用藍色印花布重新縫制布面，多了些復古的味道……

于是，一件件普通的物件，又獲得了新的生命。

或許在梁明玉眼中，這些物件相伴日久，早已有了靈性，而無論服裝設計、繪畫，抑或是布藝、手工，無非是她在用自己的方式表達對生命的敬意。

“繪畫的過程，也是在繪制一幅關于人生的拼圖，即使再微小的碎片，都是對生命的記錄。”這也是梁明玉所說的陪伴的過程，既是和繪畫為伴，也是和這些所記錄的生命為伴。在掛滿工作室墻壁的作品中，有一幅畫著一只小黑狗，表情憂郁。梁明玉說，那是她曾經養的一只小狗，它當時生病了，很痛苦。

梁明玉從小就喜歡小動物，幾十年下來，她收養過不少貓貓狗狗，“我把它們都畫了下來，盡管它們最后都離開了這個世界，但那些畫像還在，成為我永遠的個人記憶和情感寄托。”

梁明玉現在還養著9只貓、6條狗，她能準確說出它們的習性：有兩只小狗才兩個多月，還需要她的照顧；有只小貓咪很聰明，只要幫它按電梯，它就能自己坐電梯下樓去玩……

Liang Mingyu’s studio has a large floor-to-ceiling window. Outside the window， the triangle plum blossom is in full bloom. With her hair rolled up， Liang Mingyu was standing in front of the window in white.

Seeing us， she introduced her latest work -- two square fruit plates to us， which Ms. Liang has used for a couple of years， and have some scratches. So attached to them， she was reluctant to throw them away， and thus drew a lion pattern of old embroidery pieces of ethnic minorities on them.

As these two fruit plates， Liang Mingyu has renovated many old stuff in her studio： the yellowed air conditioner shell painted with her favorite flowers； the exterior wall of the dressing room decorated with patchwork made by herself； newly sewed cloth cover with blue calico for the over 20-year-old sofa， adding a retro flavor...

As a result， ordinary objects have gained a new lease of life.

In Liang Mingyu’s eyes， these stuff have gained life throughout the years. Whether through clothing design， painting， fabric art or handicraft， she is simply expressing her respect for life in her own way.

"The process of painting is also drawing a jigsaw puzzle of life. Even the smallest fragment is a recording of life." This is also what Liang Mingyu called the process of accompanying， not only with painting， but also with these recorded lives. Among the works hanging over the walls of the studio， there’s a picture of a small black dog with a melancholy expression. Liang Mingyu said that it was a puppy she once had. It was ill.

Liang Mingyu liked small animals from an early age. Over the past few decades， she adopted many cats and dogs."I painted pictures for them all， which have become my personal memory and emotional sustenance though they all gone from the living world."

Ms Liang still has 9 cats and 6 dogs and she can tell their habits accurately： two puppies are only over two months old and need special care； a catling is so smart that can even takes the elevator to play by himself if someone push the button...

怦怦的心跳Pounding Heart

這種對生命的關照，讓梁明玉的畫作極具辨識度，不少朋友都稱她的畫為“梁氏畫”——

《生命》基調憂傷卻充滿了生命的力量；《青衣》在傳統女性的含蓄美中，暗喻了自由與追求……

梁明玉至今記得中學美術老師的話：畫石膏素描要有質感，就像能敲響一樣。長大后，梁明玉漸漸明白了老師所說的“質感”，尤其是在看過德國版畫家、雕塑家柯勒惠支的作品后。

“柯勒惠支經歷了兩次世界大戰，她的作品很有力量，看著她筆下那些饑餓的兒童、無助的母親，我整個人都陷進去了。”梁明玉說，透過柯勒惠支那些“質感”的作品，她感受到了藝術家的真誠，那是一種用生命詮釋藝術的真誠。

真誠，于是成為梁明玉繪畫的信條。她眼中的真誠，是對生命本質的刻畫，呈現生命最真實的狀態。

“讀者應該直接去傾聽繪畫者和被繪者怦怦的心跳。”正如梁明玉很喜歡的一幅畫——克里姆特的《吻》——所傳遞出的畫家對愛、幸福與和平的希望。

梁明玉畫畫時，從不勉強自己去畫什么，她說心跳怦怦時自然就會通過畫筆流露出來。

“我躺在床上睡覺時，如果有了靈感，就會馬上起來創作，不管多晚。”梁明玉想在作品中留下最能打動人心的瞬間，“人生大劇場，有不同的人物和劇情，我想畫出豐富多彩而又真摯純粹的世界。”

This care for life endows Liang Mingyu’s paintings a recognizable look. Many of her friends call her works"Liang’s paintings" --

"Life"， which， with a sad tone， is full of the miraculous force of life； and "Tsing Yi"， which implies freedom and pursuit in presenting the beauty of connotation of traditional women...

Liang Mingyu still remembers words of her high school art teacher： Gypsum sketch should has a texture， as if it can make a sound when being knocked at. As she grew up， she gradually understood what the teacher called "texture"， especially after seeing the works of the German printmaker and sculptor K？the Kollwitz.

"K？the Kollwitz experienced two world wars， so her works are very powerful. I will be completely trapped into them every time I look at the hungry children and helpless mothers in her works." Through K？the Kollwitz’s works with"texture"， Liang Mingyu felt the sincerity of an artist， which is interpreted with life.

Sincerity， therefore， becomes Liang Mingyu’s creed for painting. In her eyes， sincerity is a depiction of the essence of life and presents the most real state of life.

"Readers should listen directly to the pounding heartbeat of the painter and the painted，" as the painter’s hope for love， happiness and peace conveyed in Liang Mingyu’s favorite painting "Kiss" by Klimt.

Liang Mingyu never forces herself to draw with a set topic. She believes that what a painter is thinking about will naturally be revealed through the brush.

"If an inspiration strikes me， I will get up immediately to create even if I am lying in bed， no matter how late." Liang Mingyu is dedicated to leaving the most touching moments in her works."The grand theater of life has a plenty of characters and plots. And the world I’d like to draw is a colorful， sincere and pure one."