I am not following the London art scene any longer, but Anish Kapoor’s “Orbit” in East London, the site of the upcoming Olympic Games, has still come to my attention today. Hailed by Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, as London’s response to the Eiffel Tower, the Kapoor Tower is hard to miss. As are its obvious references to the glorious years of Constructivism in Russia just after the October Revolution. Vladimir Tatlin’s model of the Third International Tower from a bit less than a century ago comes immediately to mind. The metal, the spirals, the splash. The Tower of Babel for true. But one is also struck by the difference in spirit, which is reflected in the work. The metal and the spirals are there, all right, but where is the splash? The October Revolution, swiftly forgotten by London’s happy-go-lucky mayor, is nowhere in sight. Kapoor has produced but a toy of a toy. And now it is about the power of supple capitalism, as represented by Mittal, the Indian steel producer behind the work. If only I could see Kapoor and Tatlin meeting eye to eye. If only I could see their eyes meet for a moment. I can already see Kapoor falling on his knees in front of Tatlin. And in heartrending sobs.