And you thought the poster was a dying art? Check out the winners of the 21st International Poster Biennale in Warsaw

The results, courtesy of a jury consisting of Xavier Bermúdez (Mexico), Tomasz Bogusławski (Poland), Jianping He (Germany), Anette Lenz (France), Uwe Loesch (Germany) and Marcin Władyka (Poland) and chaired by Uwe Loesch, are as follows:

* THE GOLD MEDAL:
poster no: 142, author: Mark Gowing , Australia
title: Oil Kills Peace

* THE SILVER MEDAL:
poster no: 250, author: Alain Le Quernec, France
title: They are Just People Only with Down Syndrome

* THE BRONZE MEDAL:
poster no: 122, author: Christophe Gaudard, France
title: Day Against Violence Made to Women

IN GROUP OF POSTERS PROMOTING ART AND CULTURE (B):

* THE GOLD MEDAL:
poster no: 75, author: Ronald Curchod , France
title: King Lear

* THE SILVER MEDAL:
poster no: 263, author: Andrey Logvin, Russia
title: 10 Years of the National Centre for Contemporary Art Kaliningrad Branch

* THE BRONZE MEDAL:
poster no: 72 , author: Sébastien Courtois, Nous Travaillons Ensemble, France
title: Open Doors Gingko 2007

IN GROUP OF ADVERTISING POSTERS (C):

* THE GOLD MEDAL:
poster no: 295, author: Yumiko Meya, Japan
title: Beauty, Neo

* THE SILVER MEDAL:
poster no: 323, author: Gaku Ohsugi, Japan
title: Masatex Japan Fabric Collection 2008

* THE BRONZE MEDAL:
poster no: 390, author: Yukimi Sano, Japan
title: Blue Dot

IN GROUP OF DEBUTS (D):

* THE HENRYK TOMASZEWSKI GOLDEN DEBUT:
poster no:134 author: Anita Wasik , Poland
title: Corporation Abuse

HONORARY MENTIONS:

poster no: 100 , author: Malte Reinish, Germany
title : No I.D Only Face

poster nr: 126 , author Anna Szczepańska , Poland
Fashion Victims

THE ICOGRADA EXCELLENCE AWARD:

poster no: 291 author: Pierre Mendell, Germany
title: The Flying Dutchman

THE JÓZEF MROSZCZAK HONORARY AWARD GRANTED BY THE RECTOR OF THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN WARSAW:

poster no: 139 author: Joanna Górska i Jerzy Skakun, Poland
title: Shut up and Shoot me