Signs are the fundamental elements to express visual appearance, meanings, directions, and metaphors in a piece of art work. The artist Tsung-Jen Chi has more than several decades' experience in different types of paintings including batik, watercolor, pastel, and oil color. He is very famous and has earned an important position in both Taiwan painting community and local art market. Chi gave up his past familiar style and concept of art paintings, and created a totally new creative one in method and visual effect in 2012 as a contemporary artist. Tsung-Jen Chi's new contemporary art work had established a lot of new painting elements. and joined the functional elements and sign of society, Let paintings have a more intense significance of the times. This research uses semiotics of Umberto Eco as the main methodology. Combined with sociology and psychology. Discussed social, functional and narrative of Tsung-Jen Chi's painting. Analysis the social status and social value of art and the artist.