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Asher speaks about his father, seeing the though him, reasoning that his father has no appreciation for art, seeing no beauty, therefore not understanding Ashers work. But I cannot respect your aesthetic blindness. Every artist who ever lived drew or painted the nude.I dont want to sit in a room painting for myself. Mastery of the art form of the nude is very important to that tradition. Asher even says to his father (p 304) Because I’m part of a tradition, Papa. His father wants to support Asher by attending one of his exhibitions, but repeatedly says that he cannot go because of the Hasidic insistence against showing off. The nude paintings also increases the distance between himself and his parents. This results in Asher violating the religious standards of his community, which do not agree with paintings at all, never mind nude paintings. He paints nude women, first copying pictures in the museum, then using live models in Jacon Kahns studio. This subject matter makes it worse for the situation between him and his family and his community. His everlasting dedication to his paintings sends Asher against his family and community, but it isnt just the act painting that has accomplished negativity apon their values, the subject matter Asher chooses makes it worse.Īsher chooses to paint nudes at a point in his life.

Also, Ashers continuous devotion to his art turns him away from the service to the Rebbe and Russian Jews, leading to Ashers members of his family accepting it as their responsibility. His dedication to paintings distracts Asher from his Torah study, which the community sees as the proper way for a boy to spend his time, and that is defined by the episode in which he draws on a page of the Chumash.

Ashers mother bluntly says, Painting is for goyim.

Painting human figures is not a tradition among religious Jews. Asher confesses that he is a traitor, an apostate, a self-hater, an inflicter of shame upon his family, his friends, his people. So strong words are being written and spoken about me, myths are being generated. Asher states at the very beginning of the novel (p.3) As a matter of fact, observant Jews did not paint at all - in the way that I am painting. Ashers devotion to painting is at odds with the values of his family and community.