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Plastic is fantastic

The Plasticarium. Art & Design Atomium Museum, a museum entirely dedicated to plastic objects based on the collection of Philippe Decelle, will open in Brussels in December 2015.

The Atomium has recently acquired the private collection of the Brussels Plasticarium.

The aim is to open a new museum in a part of the Trade Mart Brussels, a surface of 5000 sqm.

The idea of the Plasticarium. Art & Design Atomium Museum came to live during a meeting between the Atomium, a touristic and cultural place, and the owner of the Plasticarium.

He wished to integrate his collection as a whole in a Brussels museum project.

The Plasticarium collection is unique in the world. It’s the work of a truly passionate person. Over the years, Philippe Decelle has built up a collection of several thousands of pieces in plastic. From 1960 with the creation of the first furniture in plastic, until 1973 the petroleum crisis. With an extension of the post-pop period from 1987 until 2000. The object come from everywhere. Not many Belgians are familiar with this collection, despite of the fact that several big museums already have exposed pieces of it.

For the occasione the Atomium is hosting the exhibition “Orange Dreams. Plastic is fantastic (1960-1973)”, that gives a preview of the museum project Plasticarium. Art & Design Atomium Museum. “Orange Dreams” has been put together by Philippe Decelle, the exhibition curator. He combines daily utility products and art objects in plastic. The exhibition contains 6 installations. These 6 orange dreams show a personal, poetic view on the consumption society of the ’60 and ’70.