Courtney Adair Johnson
Love and Shed 1-3
Digital photograph with photoshop, plastic table cloth
In Love and Shed 1-3, a bright yellow pendant, cut from a discarded plastic tablecloth and inscribed with the word “LOVE”, hangs against a backdrop of roadside trees. Nearby, a small shed rests precariously on stacked cinder blocks, positioned in a temporary, in-between state. The word “LOVE” echoes again on the pavement below, as if slipping out of the pendant and spreading into the street.
The work pairs impermanence with care, asking how love persists within unstable or transitional spaces. By using repurposed plastic, the piece underscores the tension between durability and disposability, while the shed suggests forms of shelter that are fragile, provisional, or overlooked.
Together, the pendant and structure create a quiet intervention in the landscape, a reminder that love can be both a marker and a bridge, appearing even in places of uncertainty or displacement.
