Tongue twister

By EVE MACLAUREN

One big, sexy tongue is waiting for you at the Musée d'art contemporain. Local artist Louise Viger continues her series on the senses with an installation on taste, called The Ogre and the Connoisseur. At the entrance to the exhibition is a sculpture of a little peg-legged gnome. From a distance, the gnome appears to be carved out of ivory, but it is actually made of white chocolate.

Brightly lit, jewel-like in the centre of the dark room, is a big red tongue. This is not a dead cow tongue to throw in your soup, but a tongue that brings more pleasurable thoughts to mind. Once again Viger's sculpture is made of edible material, this time barley sugar. Drawings of stacked chairs are projected onto all four walls. The tongue represents sensory taste (Ogre), the chairs represent aesthetics (Connoisseur). Forget about the Connoisseur; go to this exhibit for the Ogre. At 185 Ste-Catherine W., until Oct. 29. Info: 847-6212.

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