Tang Jo-Hung’s solo exhibition Treasure Island centers on the shifting boundaries of personal experience and social identity, weaving together paintings and sculptural works into an allegorical journey of self and community. The artist employs the metaphor of the island to reflect on today’s condition: adrift in the tides, the mainland’s framework seems to dissolve, or paradoxically, becomes ever more pressing.

Recurring images of boats and drifting vessels suggest both wandering and waiting, while also hinting at navigation, control, and the subtle interdependence or tension between individuals. By borrowing from the imagery of the adventure novel Treasure Island, the exhibition expands into a meditation on life and homeland, questioning notions of belonging and historical frameworks.

These works are at once personal theater and mirrors of society at large, inviting viewers to navigate the uncertain yet vivid realities of contemporary existence, caught between drifting, grounding, and setting sail once again.