The artist Ali Naji’, the dean of the plastic arts critics in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is considered one of the veteran artists who lived through the stages of the launch of plastic art and the owner of great efforts in the field of plastic criticism, reading works, researching aspects of the successes of experiments and the failure of others, identifying causes and developing solutions. He has a special charisma when participating in dialogue events Or the consultative meetings about plastic art and how to develop it, where none of the participants leaves the place without carrying in his memory a lot of references, positions and documents that deal with the reality of local plastic art.

The artist, Naji, was appreciated by a group of artists who were invited in Taif to discuss the reality of plastic arts in Souk Okaz.

Many of the followers of the artist and critic Ali Nagea are waiting for a book for him that collects his experience and documents his observations and testimony on what has been achieved for Saudi plastic art and what it has become in terms of presence.