Spanning self-portraiture and verse, Handle With Care is a retrospective of Claire Luxton’s multidisciplinary practice, six years in the making. Each photographic composition is the result of intensive solitary labor: handmaking intricate props, staging elaborate sets, and digitally layering the results to construct an immersive visual world entirely of her own making. It is a world in which she as subject exists in the evocative space between beauty and discomfort. And yet a world she has chosen for her own image, lending a self-authored confidence to the apparently passive muses. Rather than simply replicating the classic feminine beauty of Renaissance paintings, Luxton inhabits historical tropes to interrogate who defines, depicts, and embodies beauty. The resulting volume unleashes the explosive power of deconstructing imposed femininity, offering a definitive exploration of vulnerability, control, and the modern female form.

British contemporary artist Claire Luxton operates at the intersection of photography, immersive installation, and poetry. Working from her rural East Sussex studio, Luxton investigates the precarious equilibrium between humanity and the natural world. Her practice, informed by a BFA from Goldsmiths, is defined by a distinct aesthetic that oscillates between constructed femininity and alluring vulnerability. Through the use of vibrant color and botanical motifs, she creates "ominous undercurrents" that invite the viewer into a space of both joy and uncertainty. With a portfolio spanning international exhibitions and high-profile commissions for brands like InterContinental and L'Occitane, Luxton has established herself as a definitive voice in multi-disciplinary storytelling.