<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"One might reasonably expect to discover something arcane or at least eccentric at a boutique called Chariots on Fire, and proprietors Ritsuko Yagi and Oriana Reich do not disappoint. The latest exhibition at their Venice gallery is nothing short of astonishing. Adam Silverman, the enterprising Los Angeles\u2013based ceramist, has created a series of new vessels paired with otherworldly cacti grown by Japanese horticulturist Kohei Oda, owner of the avant-garde Hiroshima shop Qusamura. The title of the show, appropriately enough, is \"A Tale of Pot &amp;amp; Plant.\"\n\nPinterestFacebookA selection of Oda's plants at the gallery. Photo: Yoko Takahashi\n\nOda, a mad scientist of the garden world, works with plants that have \"personality,\" as he puts it. He grafts and nurtures hybrid specimens that possess both a seductive beauty and an alien otherness. Some of his creations are more than a decade old, and all have a story to tell.\n\nThe union of Oda's tantalizing succulents and Silverman's pottery, which exudes its own exotic allure, has yielded objects that somehow transcend art and nature into the realm of the sublime. The show is not to be missed.\n\nOn view now at Chariots on Fire in Venice, California; chariotsonfire.com\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kohei-oda-adam-silverman-chariots-on-fire>