Robert Wilson is one of the most colorful figures in the modern theater world and a director of contradictions, sensuality, and precision. He offers the audience a completely new perspective through enigmatic floods of images, tableau-like staging, and a meticulously planned timeline down to the smallest detail. His innovative achievement lies in focusing on the inner meaning of the plays rather than on the depiction of reality. This reveals to the audience a sublimated level of reality, where thinking becomes a physical experience and the image itself conveys the message. In a theoretical section and through analyses of the productions "Hamletmachine" and "The Black Rider," theater scholar Stefanie Fuchs approaches an understanding of Wilson's image theater from various angles, beginning with an examination of the influences of visual art.