Goalie masks are showcased at new exhibition in Owen Sound

Sports equipment doesn’t normally end up on display at an art gallery.

However, that’s exactly what’s happened in Owen Sound at the Tom Thomson Gallery.

Saving Face - Art in Front of the Hockey Net showcases goalie masks.

In the past 10 to 15 years, goalies have turned their protective headgear into pieces of expressionist art. Some of those works of art are now on display at the gallery affectionately known as “The Tom” until the end of April.

The centrepiece of the show is an 8-foot goalie mask, that features two of Tom Thomson’s famous 1915 paintings.

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  Goalie masks are featured in a new exhibition at the Tom Thomson Gallery in Owen Sound which is running until the end of April, 2019. (Scott Miller / CTV London)