Faustas Sadauskas is a master of stone manipulation with a long and fruitful career, exhibiting across Australia and internationally. His work is held in numerous significant private collections. His works explore the recomposition of geometric volumes—cylinders become rings, cones twist into knots, cubes loop upon themselves, and spheres are segmented into shifting tones. Through technical mastery, Sadauskas fuses structural elements into pivoting, balanced compositions. Shapes are braced, buttressed, and contorted, often appearing to defy the material’s inherent rigidity. The marble, traditionally known for its solidity, is paradoxically given a sense of movement and fluidity, challenging the viewer's perception of the stone’s physical limitations.
Discarded industrial remnants and utilitarian objects are elevated into sculptures of new scale and meaning. Fabricated offcuts—once part of everyday function—are transformed through a deeply tactile and human process. Unlike mass-produced or digitally fabricated art, Sadauskas’s sculptures honour the physicality of stone and the authenticity of the handmade. Having explored various genres throughout his practice, he consistently returns to the theme of stone as both medium and metaphor, oscillating between abstraction and representation. The East Gippsland marble he employs is a rare material, demanding patience and precision. In working with such a challenging substance, spontaneity is rare, and mastery elusive. Instead, each sculpture represents a negotiation with the stone—an act of requisition rather than domination—imbuing each work with gravity, presence, and quiet reverence.
