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Auble is a photograph by Barry Stone, acquired from neighboring gallerist Art Palace at Isabella Court. "We both agreed on the one we got," Inman says. It's hard to imagine a more per- fectly suited couple: Aside from the scientifi c connection, both are talent scouts and promoters in their fi eld — for Inman, cutting-edge, concep- tual painting, sculpture, and pho- tography; for Auble, artists rooted in the American canon, especially blues, soul, and bluegrass via his Blue Corn Music label. (Gram- my-nominated Ruthie Foster is one of Blue Corn's stable of recording artists.) Despite the pair's lack of pretension, Inman and Auble are unmistakably power players in their respective fi elds. Inman, in particular is one of the most important mid-career galler- ists in Texas today. Eschewing the easy sell or presenting decorative work, she is among the few who consistently set a high bar for di- verse conceptual programming. She's at the top of her game, too — last spring, the gallery's pre- sentation of a solo booth for late Texas modernist Dorothy Antoinette (Toni) LaSelle at the ADAA Show in Manhattan received glowing praise by The New York Times' Roberta Smith for reviving interest in the painter on the national stage. This season, the gallery is one of a hand- ful of dealers worldwide accepted at the high-profi le Art Basel Miami Beach. Come December, Inman will present a solo booth at Art Basel devoted to Otabenga Jones collective member Jamal Cyrus, who made an appearance at the 2006 Whitney Biennial for his take on the black protest movement and issues of race in American history. Inman and Auble are in the catbird seat, with her 4,000 square- foot gallery space humming with its staff of fi ve, a major building in Midtown dedicated to creative pur- suits, and a home base that's often employed for art-world entertain- ing, with its adjoining guest house hosting visiting artists, musicians, curators, and critics. Art and life have come full circle at the home where it all began with one geolo- gist's dream. Years later, seismology, art, and music have all played a part. Rock on, indeed. THE HOUSE THAT GEOLOGY + ART BUILT (continued from page 94)