{"id":431,"date":"2024-04-17T20:37:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T20:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manzodakota.com\/?p=431"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:20:25","slug":"octopus-sculpture-in-peekskill-made-of-beer-kegs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/octopus-sculpture-in-peekskill-made-of-beer-kegs\/","title":{"rendered":"Octopus sculpture in Peekskill made of beer kegs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was on a day trip up around Bear Mountain and eventually over to Peekskill, NY, and I saw this large-scale octopus sculpture outside of the River Outpost Brewing Company near Charles Point Park. A closer look reveals that it’s made out of empty beer kegs, and I think it’s very impressive. There was no sign or information there, but a little research reveals that it’s by artist Max Beachak, and consists of 140 kegs, resin, and wood, and was created in 2017.<\/p>\n

I’m having a hard time finding a website for Max Beachak – maybe he doesn’t have one – but I do see that he’s both a tattoo artist and a one-time gallery owner (that appears to be closed), so it’s hard to know if this sculpture is typical of his work or not. At any rate, here’s a closer look, to better appreciate this massive octopus sculpture.<\/p>\n

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Octopus sculpture made of beer kegs by artist Max Beachak in Peekskill, NY.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s funny that if you stop and think about it, an octopus sculpture near the Hudson River isn’t exactly accurate since a freshwater source such as a river is not a natural habitat for an octopus. One can generally find an octopus in oceans, especially in warm, tropical waters – which the Hudson River definitely is not. But a sculpture made of beer kegs outside of brewing company\/bar certainly is a “natural habitat” for beer kegs! Here’s one more look at this awesome octopus sculpture …<\/p>\n

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Beer keg octopus sculpture by Max Beachak in Peekskill, NY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Read more about my exploration of Charles Point Park here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was on a day trip up around Bear Mountain and eventually over to Peekskill, NY, and I saw this large-scale octopus sculpture outside of the River Outpost Brewing Company near Charles Point Park. A closer look reveals that it’s made out of empty beer kegs, and I think it’s very impressive. There was no … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,40,50],"tags":[148,476,559,586,671],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-road-trips","category-travel-explore","tag-beer-kegs","tag-max-beachak","tag-octopus","tag-peekskill","tag-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3306,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/3306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}